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Latvian vs Santali


Santali vs 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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Latvian and Santali Language History

Comparison of Latvian vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Latvian and Santali language. History of Latvian language states that this language originated in 1530 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 Latvian and Santali Language History.

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

Latvian vs Santali Difficulty

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

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