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Estonian and Santali


Santali and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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
Finnish  
Munda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Henda ho  

Thank You
aitäh  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Palun  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Vabandust  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Head aega  
Hariau  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
India  

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

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
-  

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

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
-  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
estonien  
santal  

German Name
Estnisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
13th century  
20th century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Santali  

Language Position
22  
20
41  
38

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
sat  

ISO 639 3
est  
sat  

ISO 639 6
est  
sat  

Glottocode
esto1258  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Estonian and Santali Speaking population

Estonian and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % 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 Estonian and Santali on Estonian vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Santali Language Codes

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

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