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Nepali vs Santali


Santali vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
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
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Not Available  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
कृपया  
Not Available  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Not Available  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Not Available  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
India  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
Not Available  

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
népalais  
santal  

German Name
Nepali  
Santali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
19 BC  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Santali  

Language Position
59  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
sat  

ISO 639 3
npi  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Nepali and Santali Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Santali language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali and Santali Language History.

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

Nepali vs Santali Difficulty

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

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