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Oromo vs Santali


Santali vs 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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Oromo and Santali Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Santali language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 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 Oromo and Santali Language History.

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

Oromo vs Santali Difficulty

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

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