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Russian and Santali


Santali and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic   
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Henda ho   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Boge Setak’   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Not Available   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Not Available   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Not Available   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
India   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
6.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
6.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

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

French Name
russe   
santal   

German Name
Russisch   
Santali   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Santali   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
sat   

ISO 639 3
rus   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
sant1410   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
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 Russian 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 Russian and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Santali Speaking population

Russian and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Santali on Russian vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Santali Language Codes

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

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