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Norwegian vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
28   
18
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
88 weeks   
13
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
hallo   

Thank You
شكرا   
takk   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
god natt   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
god morgen   

Please
من فضلك   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
آسف   
unnskyld   

Bye
وداعا   
ha det   

I Love You
أحبك   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
Not Available   

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Norsk   

French Name
arabe   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Arabisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
512 CE   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Germanic   

Branch
North Arabic   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
nor   

ISO 639 3
ara   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
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, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Arabic and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Norwegian language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Norwegian Language History.

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

Arabic vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Arabic vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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