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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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