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Greek vs Santali


Santali vs Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Not Available  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Not Available  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Not Available  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Greece  
India  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Griko  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
santal  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Santali  

Language Position
74  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
sat  

ISO 639 3
ell  
sat  

ISO 639 6
ells  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gree1276  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
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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Greek and Santali Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Santali language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Greek and Santali Language History.

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

Greek vs Santali Difficulty

The Greek vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.

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