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Marathi and Norwegian


Norwegian and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
India   
Norway   

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Konkani Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
9   
6

How Many Consonants
36   
26
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   
hallo   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
takk   

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   
god natt   

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   
god morgen   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   
unnskyld   

Bye
बाय (Bāya)   
ha det   

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Kokan   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
23
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Varhadi   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Vidarbha   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Khandeshi   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Khandesh   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
42   
29
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million   
25
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.10 %   
18
Not Available   

Native Speakers
68.00 million   
16
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million   
32
Not Available   

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   
Norsk   

French Name
marathe   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Marathi   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Marathi people   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
10th century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Indic   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Marathi   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
17   
15
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mr   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
mar   
nor   

ISO 639 3
mar   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mara1378   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
omr   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Marathi and Norwegian Speaking population

Marathi and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % 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 Marathi and Norwegian on Marathi vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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