Home
Languagevs


Estonian and Santali


Santali and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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
Finnish  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
2  
1
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Henda ho  

Thank You
aitäh  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Palun  
Not Available  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Not Available  

Bye
Head aega  
Not Available  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
India  

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
estonien  
santal  

German Name
Estnisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
13th century  
20th century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Santali  

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
sat  

ISO 639 3
est  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
esto1258  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

Summary >>
<< Code

All Estonian and Santali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Estonian and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

Estonian and Santali Speaking population

Estonian and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Estonian and Santali on Estonian vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Santali Language Codes

Estonian and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

Easiest Languages to Learn

Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Easiest Languages to Learn

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Compare Easiest Languages to Learn