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Oromo and Santali


Santali and Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • 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
Somali Language   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

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

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
Henda ho   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
Boge Setak’   

Please
Maaloo   
Not Available   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
Not Available   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
Not Available   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
India   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Orma   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Wata   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
6.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
Not Available   

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
6.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   

French Name
galla   
santal   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Santali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
16   
20th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Santali   

Language Position
91   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
sat   

ISO 639 3
orm   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Oromo and Santali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Oromo and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Oromo and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oromo are spoken in different Oromo Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oromo vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oromo dialects include: Borana, Orma. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Oromo and Santali Speaking population

Oromo and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Oromo and Santali on Oromo vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oromo and Santali Language Codes

Oromo and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oromo and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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