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Norwegian and Punjabi


Punjabi and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Norway   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
9   
6

How Many Consonants
20   
10
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
takk   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
god natt   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
god kveld   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
god morgen   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
Vær så snill   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
unnskyld   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
ha det   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
Norsk   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
pendjabi   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
1000 AD   

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   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Modern Punjabi   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
pan   

ISO 639 3
nor   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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

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Norwegian and Punjabi Speaking population

Norwegian and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Norwegian and Punjabi on Norwegian vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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