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Albanian and Santali


Santali and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • 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
Romanian   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
29   
19
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
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Henda ho   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Not Available   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Boge Setak’   

Please
Ju lutem   
Not Available   

Sorry
Me fal   
Not Available   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Not Available   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
India   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
6.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   

French Name
albanais   
santal   

German Name
Albanisch   
Santali   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Santali   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
sat   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
sant1410   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Albanian 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 Albanian and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Santali Speaking population

Albanian and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. 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 Albanian and Santali on Albanian vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Santali Language Codes

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

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