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Norwegian vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit 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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
16   
13

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
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
takk   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
god natt   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
god kveld   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
god morgen   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
Vær så snill   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
unnskyld   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
ha det   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
14.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
14.10 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Not Available   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
sanskrit   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Sanskrit   

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
2000 B.C.   

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   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Sanskrit   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
san   

ISO 639 3
nor   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Synthetic   

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Norwegian and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Sanskrit language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Sanskrit Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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