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Santali vs Dutch


Dutch vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

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  
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Hallo  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
goedemorgen  

Please
Not Available  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
Not Available  
sorry  

Bye
Not Available  
vaarwel  

I Love You
Not Available  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
India  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Not present  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Not present  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,300,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
6.00 million  
25

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Nederlands  

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

French Name
santal  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Santali  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
20th century  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
Not Available  
48  
35

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
dut  

ISO 639 3
sat  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Santali and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Dutch language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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Santali and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Dutch language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Santali vs Dutch Difficulty

The Santali vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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