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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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