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Malaysian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Malaysia   
Norway   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
24   
14
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
hallo   

Thank You
terima kasih   
takk   

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

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
god natt   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
god morgen   

Please
sila   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
maaf   
unnskyld   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
ha det   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Norsk   

French Name
malais   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
54   
39
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
nor   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
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
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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Malaysian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Norwegian language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD 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 Malaysian and Norwegian Language History.

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Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Norwegian language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malaysian vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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