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Santali vs Russian


Russian vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

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

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

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

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

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
Henda ho  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
спасибо(spasibo)  

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

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
দয়া করে  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Hariau  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

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

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Doukhobor Russian  

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

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

Dialect 2
Not present  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
-  
Olonets  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
-  
Novgorod  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
13  
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Русский  

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

French Name
santal  
russe  

German Name
Santali  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Russians  

History

Origin
20th century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
41  
38
7  
7

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
rus  

ISO 639 3
sat  
rus  

ISO 639 6
sat  
rus  

Glottocode
sant1410  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Santali and Russian Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Russian language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian Language History.

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

Santali vs Russian Difficulty

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

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