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Norwegian and Santali


Santali and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Norway  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
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
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Henda ho  

Thank You
takk  
Adi Johar  

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

Good Night
god natt  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Vær så snill  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
unnskyld  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
ha det  
Hariau  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
India  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
santal  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Santali  

Language Position
18  
16
41  
38

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
sat  

ISO 639 3
nor  
sat  

ISO 639 6
nor  
sat  

Glottocode
norw1258  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
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 Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Santali Speaking population

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

Norwegian and Santali Language Codes

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

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