Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Norway
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 in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Kokan
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Varhadi
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
Sogn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Khandesh
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
10th century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Marathi
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mara1378
norw1258
Linguasphere
omr
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
Marathi 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 Marathi and Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Norwegian language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Marathi vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi 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 Marathi and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.