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Santali and Latvian


Latvian and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Latvia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Latvian State Language Center   

Interesting Facts
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
Sveiki   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Labdien   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
Labrīt   

Please
Not Available   
lūdzu   

Sorry
Not Available   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
Not Available   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
Not Available   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
India   
Latvia   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Not present   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
1.75 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
latviešu valoda   

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

French Name
santal   
letton   

German Name
Santali   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
20th century   
1530   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Baltic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Latvian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
lav   

ISO 639 3
sat   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
No data available   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Santali and Latvian 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 Santali and Latvian dialects. Various dialects of Santali and Latvian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Santali are spoken in different Santali Speaking Countries whereas Latvian Dialects are spoken in different Latvian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Santali vs Latvian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Santali dialects include: Mahali Latvian dialects include: Livonian , Middle Latvian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Santali and Latvian Speaking population

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Santali and Latvian Language Codes

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