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Santali and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Hariau  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
India  

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

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
-  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
-  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
russe  
santal  

German Name
Russisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Santali  

Language Position
7  
7
41  
38

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
sat  

ISO 639 3
rus  
sat  

ISO 639 6
rus  
sat  

Glottocode
russ1263  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Russian and Santali Speaking population

Russian and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Santali on Russian vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Santali Language Codes

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

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