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Croatian vs Santali


Santali vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
1  
14

National Language
Austria  
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th 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
Serbain and Bosnian  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Croatian-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
Latin  
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
bok  
Henda ho  

Thank You
hvala  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
kako si  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Not Available  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Boge Setak’  

Please
molim  
Not Available  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Not Available  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Not Available  

I Love You
Volim te  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
India  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
Not Available  

Native Name
hrvatski  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
croate  
santal  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
9th 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Santali  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
sat  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
croa1245  
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
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Croatian and Santali Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Santali language. History of Croatian 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 Croatian and Santali Language History.

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

Croatian vs Santali Difficulty

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

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