Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
India
National Language
Sweden
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
tacka dig
Adi Johar
How Are You?
hur mår du
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
godnatt
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
god kväll
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
Not Available
Good Morning
god morgon
Boge Setak’
Please
vänligen
Not Available
Sorry
ledsen
Not Available
I Love You
jag älskar dig
Not Available
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
Not Available
Dialect 1
Dialects
Mahali
Where They Speak
Gabon
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dialects
Not present
Where They Speak
Georgia
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Dialects
Not present
Where They Speak
France
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Svenska
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
suédois
santal
German Name
Schwedisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
13th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Swedish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sv
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swed1254
sant1410
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Swedish 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 Swedish and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Santali language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Santali Difficulty
The Swedish vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.