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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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