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Sanskrit vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Norway  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Old German Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
9  
6

How Many Consonants
36  
26
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
hallo  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
takk  

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

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
god natt  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
god morgen  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
unnskyld  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
ha det  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Sogn  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Norsk  

French Name
sanskrit  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
nor  

ISO 639 3
san  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sans1269  
norw1258  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Sanskrit and Norwegian Language History

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

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

Sanskrit vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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