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Santali and Finnish


Finnish and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

Interesting Facts
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
13  
3

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Moi  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
দয়া করে  
haluta  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
Anteeksi  

Bye
Hariau  
Heippa  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
India  
Finland  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
-  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
5,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
-  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
60,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
0.01 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
suomi / suomen kieli  

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

French Name
santal  
finnois  

German Name
Santali  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
20th century  
1543  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Santali  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
41  
38
22  
20

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
fin  

ISO 639 3
sat  
fin  

ISO 639 6
sat  
fin  

Glottocode
sant1410  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Santali and Finnish Speaking population

Santali and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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 Santali and Finnish on Santali vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Finnish Language Codes

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

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