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Urdu and Norwegian


Norwegian and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Norway  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
India  
Nynorsk  

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
40  
29
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
hallo  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
takk  

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

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
god natt  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
god morgen  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
unnskyld  

Bye
الوداع  
ha det  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
India  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
India  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
12
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
20
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
اُردُو  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Norsk  

French Name
ourdou  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Urdu  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
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
Modern Standard Urdu  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
20  
18
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
nor  

ISO 639 3
urd  
nor  

ISO 639 6
urd  
nor  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
norw1258  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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All Urdu and Norwegian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Urdu and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Urdu and Norwegian Speaking population

Urdu and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Urdu and Norwegian on Urdu vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Norwegian Language Codes

Urdu and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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