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Serbian and Santali


Santali and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Hariau  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
India  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
-  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
serbe  
santal  

German Name
Serbisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
11th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Santali  

Language Position
44  
99+
41  
38

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
sat  

ISO 639 3
srp  
sat  

ISO 639 6
srp  
sat  

Glottocode
serb1264  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Serbian and Santali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Serbian and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Santali Speaking population

Serbian and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Serbian and Santali on Serbian vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Santali Language Codes

Serbian and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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