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Finnish vs Santali


Santali vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
13  
3
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
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Boge Setak’  

Please
haluta  
Not Available  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Not Available  

Bye
Heippa  
Not Available  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Finland  
India  

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
Not Available  

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
finnois  
santal  

German Name
Finnisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1543  
20th century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Not Available  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Santali  

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
sat  

ISO 639 3
fin  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
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, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Finnish and Santali Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Santali language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Santali Language History.

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

Finnish vs Santali Difficulty

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

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