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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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