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Santali vs Estonian


Estonian vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Estonia, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Finnish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
18   
8

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
Tere   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Not Available   
Palun   

Sorry
Not Available   
Vabandust   

Bye
Not Available   
Head aega   

I Love You
Not Available   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
India   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
0.95 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
eesti keel   

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

French Name
santal   
estonien   

German Name
Santali   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Estonians   

History

Origin
20th century   
13th century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Estonian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
est   

ISO 639 3
sat   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
esto1258   

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
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Santali and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Estonian language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century. 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Santali vs Estonian Difficulty

The Santali vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.

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