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Latvian and Santali


Santali and Latvian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Latvia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Latvia  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
  • The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
  • 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
Lithuanian Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
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
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Paldies  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Ar labunakti  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Labvakar  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Labdien  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Labrīt  
Boge Setak’  

Please
lūdzu  
Not Available  

Sorry
Piedodiet!  
Not Available  

Bye
Uz redzēšanos  
Not Available  

I Love You
Es tevi mīlu  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
Piedodiet!  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Livonian  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
India  

Dialect 2
Middle Latvian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Latvia  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
High Latvian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, Latvia  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
1.75 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
latviešu valoda  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
letton  
santal  

German Name
Lettisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1530  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Baltic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Latvian  
Santali  

Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lv  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lav  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
lav  
sat  

ISO 639 3
lav  
sat  

ISO 639 6
not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
latv1249  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
54-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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Latvian and Santali Speaking population

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

Latvian and Santali Language Codes

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

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