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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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