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Santali vs Finnish


Finnish vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
13  
3

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  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Moi  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Not Available  
haluta  

Sorry
Not Available  
Anteeksi  

Bye
Not Available  
Heippa  

I Love You
Not Available  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
India  
Finland  

Dialect 2
Not present  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Finland, Rauma  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
suomi / suomen kieli  

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

French Name
santal  
finnois  

German Name
Santali  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
20th century  
1543  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Santali  
standard Finnish  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
fin  

ISO 639 3
sat  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Santali and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Finnish language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Finnish Language History.

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

Santali vs Finnish Difficulty

The Santali vs Finnish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Finnish 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 Finnish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Finnish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Finnish time required is 44 weeks.

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