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Norwegian vs Nepali


Nepali vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Norway  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Hindi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
takk  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
god natt  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
god kveld  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
god morgen  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Vær så snill  
कृपया  

Sorry
unnskyld  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
ha det  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
India, Nepal  

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Nepal  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
Norsk  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
népalais  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Nepali  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Nepali  

Language Position
Not Available  
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
nep  

ISO 639 3
nor  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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Norwegian and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Nepali language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Nepali Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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