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Sundanese vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Sundanese


Countries

Countries
West Java  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
  • 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
Madurese and Malay Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
16  
6
20  
10

Scripts
Latin, Sundanese  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks  
15
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
hallo  

Thank You
Nuhun  
takk  

How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Wilujeng kulem  
god natt  

Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing  
god morgen  

Please
Mangga  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Hapunten  
unnskyld  

Bye
Wilujeng angkat  
ha det  

I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Punten  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western dialect  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Banten  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
18
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern dialect  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Bogor  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
16
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Priangan dialect  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Bandung  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
15
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
39.00 million  
22
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Basa Sunda  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda  
Norsk  

French Name
soundanais  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Sundanesisch  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
5th century AD  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Sundanese  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
42  
39
18  
16

Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
su  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sun  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
sun  
nor  

ISO 639 3
sun  
nor  

ISO 639 6
sun  
nor  

Glottocode
sund1251  
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-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Sundanese and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Sundanese vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Sundanese and Norwegian language. History of Sundanese language states that this language originated in 5th century AD 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 Sundanese and Norwegian Language History.

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

Sundanese vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Sundanese vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sundanese 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 Sundanese and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sundanese and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sundanese is 40 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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