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Nepali vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
Norway  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
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
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
hallo  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
takk  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
god natt  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
god morgen  

Please
कृपया  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
unnskyld  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
ha det  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Sogn  

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
Not Available  

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Norsk  

French Name
népalais  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Nepali  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
19 BC  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
59  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
nor  

ISO 639 3
npi  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
12  
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
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Nepali and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Norwegian language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC 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 Nepali and Norwegian Language History.

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

Nepali vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Nepali vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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