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Norwegian vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
India, No official status   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
0   
15

National Language
Norway   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Maithili and Magahi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
43   
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
11   
8

How Many Consonants
20   
10
34   
24

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

Thank You
takk   
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)   

Good Night
god natt   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Evening
god kveld   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Good Morning
god morgen   
राम राम (raam raam)   

Please
Vær så snill   
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)   

Sorry
unnskyld   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Bye
ha det   
प्रणाम (prannam)   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Caribbean Hindustani   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
16,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Fiji Hindi   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
380,000.00   
31

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Tharu Bhojpuri   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.43 %   
31

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
Norsk   
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
bhojpuri   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Bhojpuri   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Bhojpuri   

Language Position
Not Available   
37   
29

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
bho   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
bho   

ISO 639 3
nor   
bho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
bhoj1246   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
59-AAF-sa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Norwegian and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Bhojpuri language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. 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 Norwegian and Bhojpuri Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

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

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