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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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