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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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