Home
Languagevs


Chinese vs Santali


Santali vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Chinese.jpg#200  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
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
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Not Available  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Not Available  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Not Available  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
India  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Wu  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
chinois  
santal  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Han  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Santali  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
sat  

ISO 639 3
zho  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

Countries >>
<< All

Chinese and Santali Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Santali language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Santali Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Chinese vs Santali Difficulty

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages