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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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