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Norwegian vs Urdu


Urdu vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Norway  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
India  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
10  
7

How Many Consonants
20  
10
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
takk  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
god natt  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
god kveld  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
god morgen  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
Vær så snill  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
unnskyld  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
ha det  
الوداع  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
India  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
India  

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
South Asia  

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
Norsk  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Bihari  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
ourdou  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Urdu  

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

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
12th Century CE  

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  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
Not Available  
20  
18

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
urd  

ISO 639 3
nor  
urd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
norw1258  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Norwegian and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Urdu language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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