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Santali and Somali


Somali and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Somalia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
Hello   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
Not Available   
Fadlan   

Sorry
Not Available   
sorry   

Bye
Not Available   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Not Available   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
India   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
santal   
somali   

German Name
Santali   
Somali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Somalis   

History

Origin
20th century   
19th century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
som   

ISO 639 3
sat   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

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

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Santali and Somali Speaking population

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

Santali and Somali Language Codes

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

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