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German vs Santali


Santali vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
9  
1
21  
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Danke  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Not Available  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Boge Setak’  

Please
bitte  
Not Available  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Not Available  

Bye
Tschüs  
Not Available  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
India  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
Not Available  

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
Not Available  

Native Name
Deutsch  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
allemand  
santal  

German Name
Deutsch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Santali  

Language Position
9  
9
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
sat  

ISO 639 3
deu  
sat  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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German and Santali Language History

Comparison of German vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of German and Santali language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Santali Language History.

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

German vs Santali Difficulty

The German vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.

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