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Oriya vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Oriya


Countries

Countries
India  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
-  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Assamese  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
9  
6

How Many Consonants
31  
21
20  
10

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  
hallo  

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  
takk  

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  
god natt  

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  
god morgen  

Please
ଦୟାକରି  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  
unnskyld  

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  
ha det  

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
India  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
22
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ganjami  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
India  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
33,800,000.00  
20
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kosli  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
India  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million  
34
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
35.00 million  
24
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  
Norsk  

French Name
oriya  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Oriya-Sprache  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Odias  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
3 BC  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Odia  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
32  
30
18  
16

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
or  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
ori  
nor  

ISO 639 3
ori  
nor  

ISO 639 6
ori  
nor  

Glottocode
macr1269  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Oriya and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Oriya vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Oriya and Norwegian language. History of Oriya language states that this language originated in 3 BC whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. 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 Oriya and Norwegian Language History.

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

Oriya vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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