Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
India
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Sweden
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2930
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1821
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hej
Henda ho
Thank You
tacka dig
Adi Johar
How Are You?
hur mår du
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
godnatt
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
god kväll
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
संध्यायान
Good Morning
god morgon
Boge Setak’
Please
vänligen
দয়া করে
Sorry
ledsen
দুঃখিত
Bye
hej då
Hariau
I Love You
jag älskar dig
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Dialects
Mahali
Where They Speak
Gabon
India
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dialects
Not present
Where They Speak
Georgia
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How Many People Speak
78,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Dialects
Not present
Where They Speak
France
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How Many People Speak
96,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
791
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
15.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.70 million6.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Svenska
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
suédois
santal
German Name
Schwedisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
13th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
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Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Swedish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Santali
Language Position
8941
1
120
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Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sv
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swe
sat
ISO 639 2/B
swe
sat
ISO 639 3
swe
sat
ISO 639 6
swe
sat
Glottocode
swed1254
sant1410
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
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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