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Urdu vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Norway  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
India  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
9  
6

How Many Consonants
40  
29
20  
10

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
hallo  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
takk  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
god natt  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
god morgen  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
unnskyld  

Bye
الوداع  
ha det  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
India  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
India  
Sogn  

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
Not Available  

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
Not Available  

Native Name
اُردُو  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Norsk  

French Name
ourdou  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Urdu  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
20  
18
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
nor  

ISO 639 3
urd  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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Urdu and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Norwegian language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Norwegian Language History.

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

Urdu vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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