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Norwegian vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Halo   

Thank You
takk   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
god natt   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Vær så snill   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
unnskyld   
maaf   

Bye
ha det   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
Norsk   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
indonésien   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Bahasa Indonesia   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indonesian   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
ind   

ISO 639 3
nor   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
indo1316   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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Norwegian and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Indonesian language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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