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Belarusian and Santali


Santali and Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • 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
Russian and Ukrainian  
Munda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
39  
28
21  
11

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

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Dabranač  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Kali laska  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
da pabačennia  
Hariau  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
India  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
biélorusse  
santal  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
18th century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Santali  

Language Position
79  
99+
41  
38

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
sat  

ISO 639 3
bel  
sat  

ISO 639 6
bel  
sat  

Glottocode
bela1254  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Belarusian 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 Belarusian and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Belarusian and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Belarusian are spoken in different Belarusian Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Belarusian vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Belarusian dialects include: North-Eastern Belarusian, South-Western Belarusian. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Belarusian and Santali Speaking population

Belarusian and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Belarusian and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Belarusian and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Belarusian 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 Belarusian and Santali on Belarusian vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Belarusian and Santali Language Codes

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

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