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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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