Countries
India
  
Norway
  
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 in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
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
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Sogn
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.