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Albanian vs Santali


Santali vs 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.
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  • 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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Albanian and Santali Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Santali language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD 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 Albanian and Santali Language History.

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

Albanian vs Santali Difficulty

The Albanian vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian 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 Albanian and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.

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