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Hindi vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
44   
24
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
9   
6

How Many Consonants
33   
23
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
30,000.00   
99+

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
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   

History

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
5   
5
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Hindi and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Norwegian language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Hindi and Norwegian Language History.

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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.

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