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Bosnian and Santali


Santali and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian 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
Serbian and Croatian  
Munda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

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

Writing Direction
-  
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
Zdravo  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Hvala  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Boge Setak’  

Please
molim vas  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Oprostite  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Zbogom  
Hariau  

I Love You
Volim te  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
India  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
-  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
-  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
bosniaque  
santal  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
19th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Santali  

Language Position
24  
22
41  
38

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
sat  

ISO 639 3
bos  
sat  

ISO 639 6
boss  
sat  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Bosnian and Santali Speaking population

Bosnian and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % 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 Bosnian and Santali on Bosnian vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Santali Language Codes

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

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