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Norwegian vs Oriya


Oriya vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Not Available  

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 earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
11  
8

How Many Consonants
20  
10
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
takk  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
god natt  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
god kveld  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
god morgen  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
Vær så snill  
Not Available  

Sorry
unnskyld  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
ha det  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
India  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
India  

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
520,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Native Name
Norsk  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
oriya  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Odias  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
3 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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
Not Available  
32  
26

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
ori  

ISO 639 3
nor  
ori  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
macr1269  

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-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Norwegian and Oriya Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Oriya language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Oriya language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Oriya language states that this language originated in 3 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 Oriya Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Oriya Difficulty

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

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