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Santali vs Russian


Russian vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya   
Cyrillic   

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   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
Not Available   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Not Available   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
Not Available   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Not Available   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
India   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Not present   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
Not Available   
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
Русский   

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

French Name
santal   
russe   

German Name
Santali   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Russians   

History

Origin
20th century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
Not Available   
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
rus   

ISO 639 3
sat   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Santali and Russian Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Russian language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian Language History.

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

Santali vs Russian Difficulty

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

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