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Lithuanian vs Santali


Santali vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Lithuania  
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
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
  • 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
Latvian  
Munda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
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
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Ačiū  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Prašom  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Ate  
Hariau  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
India  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
lituanien  
santal  

German Name
Litauisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Baltic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Santali  

Language Position
44  
99+
41  
38

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
sat  

ISO 639 3
lit  
sat  

ISO 639 6
lit  
sat  

Glottocode
lith1251  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Lithuanian and Santali Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Santali language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lithuanian and Santali Language History.

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Lithuanian and Santali Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lithuanian and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Santali language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lithuanian vs Santali Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Santali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lithuanian and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is 44 weeks.

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