Countries
Norway
  
India
  
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 in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.