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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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