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Indonesian vs Santali


Santali vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

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

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Henda ho   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
Boge Setak’   

Please
mohon Untuk   
Not Available   

Sorry
maaf   
Not Available   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Not Available   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
India   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
6.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
Not Available   

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
6.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   

French Name
indonésien   
santal   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Santali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
7th Century   
20th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Santali   

Language Position
56   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
sat   

ISO 639 3
ind   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
sant1410   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Indonesian and Santali Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Santali language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian and Santali Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Santali Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.

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