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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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