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Bulgarian and Santali


Santali and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bulgaria  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
  • 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
Macedonian language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
Hariau  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
India  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
-  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
-  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
bulgare  
santal  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
9th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Southern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Santali  

Language Position
88  
99+
41  
38

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
sat  

ISO 639 3
bul  
sat  

ISO 639 6
buls  
sat  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Bulgarian and Santali Speaking population

Bulgarian and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % 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 Bulgarian and Santali on Bulgarian vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Santali Language Codes

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

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