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Bulgarian vs Santali


Santali vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bulgaria  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
  • 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
Macedonian language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
Not Available  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
Not Available  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
Not Available  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
India  

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
bulgare  
santal  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
9th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Santali  

Language Position
88  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
sat  

ISO 639 3
bul  
sat  

ISO 639 6
buls  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Bulgarian and Santali Language History

Comparison of Bulgarian vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Bulgarian and Santali language. History of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Bulgarian and Santali Language History.

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

Bulgarian vs Santali Difficulty

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

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