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Norwegian vs Telugu


Telugu vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Norway  
Andra Pradesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Karnataka  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  

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.
  
  • Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
  • Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Tamil  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
60  
35

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
19  
16

How Many Consonants
20  
10
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Telugu Script  

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  
హలో (Halō)  

Thank You
takk  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  

Good Night
god natt  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  

Good Evening
god kveld  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  

Good Morning
god morgen  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  

Please
Vær så snill  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  

Sorry
unnskyld  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  

Bye
ha det  
బై (Bai)  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Waddar  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
170,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Chenchu  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
26,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Manna-Dora  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
38  
28

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
80.00 million  
20

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.15 %  
15

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
Norsk  
తెలుగు (telugu)  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
télougou  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Telugu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Telugu people  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
c. 575  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Dravidian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
Early Telugu epigraphy  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Telugu  

Language Position
Not Available  
15  
14

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
te  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
tel  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
tel  

ISO 639 3
nor  
tel  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
telu1262  

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 Telugu Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Telugu language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Telugu language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575. 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 Telugu Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Telugu Difficulty

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

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