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Norwegian vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Norway  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Hai  

Thank You
takk  
terima kasih  

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

Good Night
god natt  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Selamat pagi  

Please
Vær så snill  
sila  

Sorry
unnskyld  
maaf  

Bye
ha det  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
Norsk  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Not Available  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
malais  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
Not Available  
54  
39

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
may  

ISO 639 3
nor  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
stan1306  

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  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Norwegian and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Malaysian language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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