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Santali vs Croatian


Croatian vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
9  
7

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Austria  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Croatian-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  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
bok  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
hvala  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
kako si  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
dobro jutro  

Please
Not Available  
molim  

Sorry
Not Available  
Oprostite  

Bye
Not Available  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Not Available  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
India  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Not present  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Croatia  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
13,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
Not Available  
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
1.25 million  
36

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
hrvatski  

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

French Name
santal  
croate  

German Name
Santali  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Croats  

History

Origin
20th century  
9th 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  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
Not Available  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
sat  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Santali and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Croatian language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Santali and Croatian Language History.

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Santali and Croatian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Santali and Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Croatian language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Santali vs Croatian Difficulty

The Santali vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Croatian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Santali and Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.

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