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Amharic vs Santali


Santali vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
21  
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Henda ho  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
Not Available  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Boge Setak’  

Please
i'bakwon  
Not Available  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Not Available  

Bye
tschao  
Not Available  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
India  

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Showa  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
Not Available  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
amharique  
santal  

German Name
Amharisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
13th century  
20th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Santali  

Language Position
55  
40
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
sat  

ISO 639 3
amh  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Amharic and Santali Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Santali language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Amharic and Santali Language History.

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

Amharic vs Santali Difficulty

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

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