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Bengali and Norwegian


Norwegian and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Norway   

Second Language
India   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • 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
Assamese and Oriya   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
9   
6

How Many Consonants
40   
29
20   
10

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   
hallo   

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   
takk   

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
god natt   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
god morgen   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
unnskyld   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
ha det   

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
India   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million   
9
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
Not Available   

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
Not Available   

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Norsk   

French Name
bengali   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Bengali   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Indic   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
4   
4
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
nor   

ISO 639 3
ben   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
norw1258   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Bengali 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 Bengali and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Bengali and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bengali are spoken in different Bengali Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bengali vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bengali dialects include: Chakma, Hajong. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bengali and Norwegian Speaking population

Bengali and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. 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 Bengali and Norwegian on Bengali vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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