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Mongolian vs Santali


Santali vs Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Mongolia  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
  • 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
Turkish Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
35  
17
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
21  
11

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
Not Available  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
Not Available  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
Not Available  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
India  

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
mongol  
santal  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
20th century  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Santali  

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
sat  

ISO 639 3
mon  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mong1331  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Mongolian and Santali Language History

Comparison of Mongolian vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Mongolian and Santali language. History of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225 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 Mongolian and Santali Language History.

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

Mongolian vs Santali Difficulty

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

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