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Santali and Serbian


Serbian and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

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  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Not Available  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
Not Available  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Not Available  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Not Available  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
India  
Southeastern Serbia  

Dialect 2
Not present  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Serbia  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

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

French Name
santal  
serbe  

German Name
Santali  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Serbs  

History

Origin
20th century  
11th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
Not Available  
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
srp  

ISO 639 3
sat  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Santali and Serbian Speaking population

Santali and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian 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 Santali and Serbian on Santali vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Serbian Language Codes

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

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