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Santali and Kurdish


Kurdish and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Middle East   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
29   
19

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
Silaw   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
Bayanit bash   

Please
Not Available   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
Not Available   
Bibûre   

Bye
Not Available   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Not Available   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
India   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Not present   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Not present   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Not Available   

French Name
santal   
kurde   

German Name
Santali   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Kurds   

History

Origin
20th century   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Kurdish   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
kur   

ISO 639 3
sat   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Santali and Kurdish Speaking population

Santali and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Santali vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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