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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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