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Norwegian vs Hindi


Hindi vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Fiji, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Norway   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Central Hindi Directorate   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Urdu   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Hindi.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
11   
8

How Many Consonants
20   
10
33   
23

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
नमस्ते (Namastē)   

Thank You
takk   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   

Good Night
god natt   
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   

Good Evening
god kveld   
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   

Good Morning
god morgen   
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   

Please
Vær så snill   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
unnskyld   
खेद (Khēda)   

Bye
ha det   
अलविदा (Alavidā)   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Khariboli   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
240,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Marwari   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
22,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Bundeli   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Bundelkhand   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
4

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
380.00 million   
5

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.70 %   
5

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
260.00 million   
4

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
120.00 million   
6

Native Name
Norsk   
हिन्दी   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
hindi   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Hindi   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Hindustani people   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Standard Hindi   

Language Position
Not Available   
5   
5

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
hi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
hin   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
hin   

ISO 639 3
nor   
hin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
hins   

Glottocode
norw1258   
hind1269   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
59-AAF-qf   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Norwegian and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Hindi language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Norwegian and Hindi Language History.

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Norwegian and Hindi Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Norwegian and Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Hindi language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Norwegian vs Hindi Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Hindi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Norwegian and Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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