Countries
Norway
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Norway
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Nynorsk
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
takk
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
god natt
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
ha det
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
215.00 million
  
9
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
Norsk
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
bengali
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Bengali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available