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Santali vs Swedish


Swedish vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish 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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

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
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
hej  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
god morgon  

Please
দয়া করে  
vänligen  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
ledsen  

Bye
Hariau  
hej då  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
India  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Not present  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
-  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Not present  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
-  
France  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Svenska  

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

French Name
santal  
suédois  

German Name
Santali  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
20th century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
41  
38
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
swe  

ISO 639 3
sat  
swe  

ISO 639 6
sat  
swe  

Glottocode
sant1410  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Santali and Swedish Language History

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

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

Santali vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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