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Danish and Santali


Santali and Danish


Countries

Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Swedish  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20  
17
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Mange tak  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
God nat  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
God aften  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
God morgen  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Please  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Undskyld!  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Farvel  
Hariau  

I Love You
Jeg elsker dig  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Undskyld mig  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Scanian  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Sweden  
India  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Jutlandic  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Denmark  
-  

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

Dialect 3
Bornholmsk  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm  
-  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.50 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
dansk  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
danois  
santal  

German Name
Dänisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
c. 1100 AD  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Rigsdansk  
Santali  

Language Position
18  
16
41  
38

Signed Forms
Signed Danish  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
da  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dan  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
dan  
sat  

ISO 639 3
dan  
sat  

ISO 639 6
dan  
sat  

Glottocode
dani1284  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Danish and Santali Speaking population

Danish and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 % 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 Danish and Santali on Danish vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Danish and Santali Language Codes

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

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