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Estonian vs Santali


Santali vs 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   

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Estonian and Santali Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Santali language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian and Santali Language History.

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

Estonian vs Santali Difficulty

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

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