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Telugu vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India   
Norway   

Second Language
Karnataka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Tamil   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60   
35
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19   
16
9   
6

How Many Consonants
41   
30
20   
10

Scripts
Telugu Script   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)   
hallo   

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)   
takk   

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

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)   
god natt   

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)   
god morgen   

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)   
unnskyld   

Bye
బై (Bai)   
ha det   

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

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar   
Jamtlandic   

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

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

Dialect 2
Chenchu   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
26,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
38   
28
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.15 %   
15
Not Available   

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)   
Norsk   

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

French Name
télougou   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Telugu-Sprache   
Nynorsk   

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

Ethnicity
Telugu people   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
c. 575   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Telugu   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
15   
14
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
te   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
tel   
nor   

ISO 639 3
tel   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
telu1262   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
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
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Telugu and Norwegian Language History

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

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

Telugu vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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