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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   

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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.

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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.

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