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Santali and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
21   
11
17   
7

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
hallo   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
goeie more   

Please
Not Available   
asseblief   

Sorry
Not Available   
jammer   

Bye
Not Available   
Not Available   

I Love You
Not Available   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million   
99+
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
santal   
afrikaans   

German Name
Santali   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
20th century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
afr   

ISO 639 3
sat   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
sant1410   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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All Santali and Afrikaans 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 Santali and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Santali and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Santali are spoken in different Santali Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Santali vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Santali dialects include: Mahali Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Santali and Afrikaans Speaking population

Santali and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 Santali and Afrikaans on Santali vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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