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Serbian vs Santali


Santali vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Henda ho   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Boge Setak’   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
Not Available   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Not Available   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Not Available   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
India   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
6.30 million   
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

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

French Name
serbe   
santal   

German Name
Serbisch   
Santali   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
11th Century   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Santali   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
sat   

ISO 639 3
srp   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
sant1410   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Serbian and Santali Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Santali language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th 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 Serbian and Santali Language History.

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

Serbian vs Santali Difficulty

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

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