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Santali vs Slovak


Slovak vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
15  
12

How Many Consonants
21  
11
38  
27

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  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Dobré ráno  

Please
Not Available  
Prosím  

Sorry
Not Available  
Pardón!  

Bye
Not Available  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Not Available  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
India  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

Dialect 2
Not present  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
slovenčina  

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

French Name
santal  
slovaque  

German Name
Santali  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
20th century  
6th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Slovak  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
slo  

ISO 639 3
sat  
slk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Santali and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Slovak language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Santali vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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