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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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