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Albanian and Santali


Santali and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Munda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
29  
19
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Ju lutem  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Me fal  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
mirupafshim  
Hariau  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
India  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Italy  
-  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
albanais  
santal  

German Name
Albanisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Santali  

Language Position
14  
13
41  
38

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
sat  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
sat  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
sat  

Glottocode
alba1267  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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All Albanian and Santali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Albanian and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Santali Speaking population

Albanian and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Santali on Albanian vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Santali Language Codes

Albanian and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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