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Cantonese vs Santali


Santali vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
您好  
Henda ho  

Thank You
谢谢  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
晚安  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
晚上好  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
Not Available  

Good Morning
早上好  
Boge Setak’  

Please
请  
Not Available  

Sorry
遗憾  
Not Available  

Bye
再见  
Not Available  

I Love You
我爱你  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
India  

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
Not Available  
santal  

German Name
Not Available  
Santali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
17th century  
20th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Santali  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
sat  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Cantonese and Santali Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Santali language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Cantonese and Santali Language History.

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

Cantonese vs Santali Difficulty

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

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