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German and Santali


Santali and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Henda ho   

Thank You
Danke   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Not Available   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Boge Setak’   

Please
bitte   
Not Available   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Not Available   

Bye
Tschüs   
Not Available   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
India   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
6.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
6.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

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

French Name
allemand   
santal   

German Name
Deutsch   
Santali   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Santali   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
sat   

ISO 639 3
deu   
sat   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
sant1410   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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German and Santali Speaking population

German and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of German and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. 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 German and Santali on German vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Santali Language Codes

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

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