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Norwegian vs Santali


Santali vs Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Henda ho   

Thank You
takk   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
god natt   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Not Available   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Boge Setak’   

Please
Vær så snill   
Not Available   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Not Available   

Bye
ha det   
Not Available   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
India   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
6.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

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

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
santal   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Santali   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Santali   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
sat   

ISO 639 3
nor   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
sant1410   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Norwegian and Santali Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Santali language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD 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 Norwegian and Santali Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Santali Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.

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