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Santali vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Norway   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

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   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
hallo   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
takk   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
god natt   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
god morgen   

Please
Not Available   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Not Available   
unnskyld   

Bye
Not Available   
ha det   

I Love You
Not Available   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
India   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Not present   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
Norsk   

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

French Name
santal   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Santali   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
20th century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
nor   

ISO 639 3
sat   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Santali and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Norwegian language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. 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 Norwegian Language History.

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

Santali vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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