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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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