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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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