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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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