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Malayalam vs Santali


Santali vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Not Available  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Not Available  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
Not Available  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
India  

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
Not Available  

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
malayalam  
santal  

German Name
Malayalam  
Santali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
9th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Santali  

Language Position
29  
24
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
sat  

ISO 639 3
mal  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1464  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Malayalam and Santali Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Santali language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Malayalam and Santali Language History.

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

Malayalam vs Santali Difficulty

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

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