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Norwegian and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Norway   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
23   
13
20   
10

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
سلام   
hallo   

Thank You
متشکرم   
takk   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
god natt   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
god morgen   

Please
لطفا   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
متاسف   
unnskyld   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
ha det   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
فارسی   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Norsk   

French Name
persan   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Persisch   
Nynorsk   

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

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Iranian   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
nor   

ISO 639 3
pes   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All Persian and Norwegian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Persian and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Persian and Norwegian Speaking population

Persian and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Persian and Norwegian on Persian vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Norwegian Language Codes

Persian and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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