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Indonesian and Norwegian


Norwegian and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Norway  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
hallo  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
takk  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
god natt  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
god morgen  

Please
mohon Untuk  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
maaf  
unnskyld  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
ha det  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
8
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
Not Available  

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
Not Available  

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Norsk  

French Name
indonésien  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
7th Century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
56  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
nor  

ISO 639 3
ind  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
indo1316  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
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
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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

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Indonesian and Norwegian Speaking population

Indonesian and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Norwegian on Indonesian vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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