Countries
Norway
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Norway
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Nynorsk
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
takk
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
god natt
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
ha det
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Norsk
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
marathe
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
10th century
  
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
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available