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Arabic vs Santali


Santali vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
28   
18
21   
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Henda ho   

Thank You
شكرا   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Not Available   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Boge Setak’   

Please
من فضلك   
Not Available   

Sorry
آسف   
Not Available   

Bye
وداعا   
Not Available   

I Love You
أحبك   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
India   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
6.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
Not Available   

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
6.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   

French Name
arabe   
santal   

German Name
Arabisch   
Santali   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
512 CE   
20th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Santali   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
sat   

ISO 639 3
ara   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
sant1410   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Arabic and Santali Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Santali language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Santali Language History.

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

Arabic vs Santali Difficulty

The Arabic vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.

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