Countries
Norway
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
National Language
Norway
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
Konkani Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
takk
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
god natt
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
god kveld
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
god morgen
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Vær så snill
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
unnskyld
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Kokan
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Sogn
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Norsk
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Norsk
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
marathe
German Name
Nynorsk
Marathi
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Marathi people
Origin
c. 1300 AD
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Indic
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Marathi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
norw1258
mara1378
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
omr
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Norwegian and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Marathi language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs Marathi Difficulty
The Norwegian vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.