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Santali and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
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
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Henda ho  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Boge Setak’  

Please
alsjeblieft  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
sorry  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
vaarwel  
Hariau  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
pardon  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
India  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
-  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Nederlands  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
santal  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Santali  

Language Position
48  
99+
41  
38

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
sat  

ISO 639 3
nld  
sat  

ISO 639 6
nld  
sat  

Glottocode
mode1257  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Dutch and Santali Speaking population

Dutch and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Santali on Dutch vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Santali Language Codes

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

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