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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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