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Norwegian and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
-  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
hallo  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
takk  

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

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
god natt  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
god morgen  

Please
দয়া করে  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
unnskyld  

Bye
Hariau  
ha det  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
India  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

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

Dialect 2
Not present  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
-  
Sogn  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
-  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Norsk  

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

French Name
santal  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Santali  
Nynorsk  

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

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
20th century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Santali  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
41  
38
18  
16

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
nor  

ISO 639 3
sat  
nor  

ISO 639 6
sat  
nor  

Glottocode
sant1410  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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