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Persian vs Santali


Santali vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
23   
13
21   
11

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

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
سلام   
Henda ho   

Thank You
متشکرم   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
Not Available   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
Boge Setak’   

Please
لطفا   
Not Available   

Sorry
متاسف   
Not Available   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Not Available   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
India   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
6.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
6.30 million   
99+

Native Name
فارسی   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   

French Name
persan   
santal   

German Name
Persisch   
Santali   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Santali   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
sat   

ISO 639 3
pes   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
sant1410   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Persian and Santali Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Santali language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian and Santali Language History.

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

Persian vs Santali Difficulty

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

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