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Bosnian vs Santali


Santali vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
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, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • 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
Serbian and Croatian  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bosnian-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
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Hvala  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Boge Setak’  

Please
molim vas  
Not Available  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Not Available  

Bye
Zbogom  
Not Available  

I Love You
Volim te  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
India  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
11
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
bosniaque  
santal  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
19th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Santali  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
sat  

ISO 639 3
bos  
sat  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Bosnian and Santali Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Santali language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Bosnian and Santali Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Santali Difficulty

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

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