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Greek and Santali


Santali and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Not Available  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Not Available  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Not Available  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Greece  
India  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Griko  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
santal  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Santali  

Language Position
74  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
sat  

ISO 639 3
ell  
sat  

ISO 639 6
ells  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gree1276  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All Greek 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 Greek and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Santali Speaking population

Greek and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Santali on Greek vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Santali Language Codes

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

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