Countries
Fiji, India
  
Norway
  
National Language
India
  
Norway
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nynorsk
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Norwegian Language Council
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
- 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
Urdu
  
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
takk
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
god natt
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
god kveld
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
god ettermiddag
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
god morgen
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Vær så snill
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
unnskyld
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
ha det
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
unnskyld meg
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Sogn
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
5.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
5.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
Not Available
  
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
Norsk
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Norsk
  
French Name
hindi
  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Nynorsk
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Norwegians
  
Origin
7th Century
  
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 Hindi
  
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed Norwegian
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
no
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
nor
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
nor
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
nor
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
norw1258
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
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
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Hindi 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 Hindi and Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Norwegian language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Hindi vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.