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Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
21  
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
India  

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

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
-  

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

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France  
-  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 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
5.00 million  
99+
6.50 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
13th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Santali  

Language Position
89  
99+
41  
38

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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Swedish and Santali Language History

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

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

Swedish vs Santali Difficulty

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

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