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Santali vs Danish


Danish vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

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
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Hallo  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Mange tak  

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

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
God nat  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
God morgen  

Please
দয়া করে  
Please  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Hariau  
Farvel  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
India  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
-  
Denmark  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
-  
Island of Bornholm  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
dansk  

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

French Name
santal  
danois  

German Name
Santali  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
20th century  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
41  
38
18  
16

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
dan  

ISO 639 3
sat  
dan  

ISO 639 6
sat  
dan  

Glottocode
sant1410  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
No data available  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Santali and Danish Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Danish language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. 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 Santali and Danish Language History.

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Santali and Danish 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 Santali and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Danish language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Santali vs Danish Difficulty

The Santali vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Danish 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 Santali and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is 44 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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