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Norwegian vs Persian


Persian vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Norway   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
سلام   

Thank You
takk   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
god natt   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
god kveld   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
god morgen   
صبح به خیر   

Please
Vær så snill   
لطفا   

Sorry
unnskyld   
متاسف   

Bye
ha det   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
65.00 million   
17

Native Name
Norsk   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
persan   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Persian people   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Persian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
per   

ISO 639 3
nor   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Norwegian and Persian Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Persian language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Persian Language History.

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Norwegian and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Persian language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Norwegian vs Persian Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.

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