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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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