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Norwegian vs Urdu


Urdu vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Norway   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
India   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
10   
7

How Many Consonants
20   
10
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
takk   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
god natt   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
god kveld   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
god morgen   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
Vær så snill   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
unnskyld   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
ha det   
الوداع   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
India   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
India   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
South Asia   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
Norsk   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Bihari   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
ourdou   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Urdu   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
12th Century CE   

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   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
Not Available   
20   
18

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
urd   

ISO 639 3
nor   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
urdu1245   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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Norwegian and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Urdu language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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