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Santali vs Amharic


Amharic vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Ethiopia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

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

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  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Selam  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
Not Available  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Not Available  
aznallehu  

Bye
Not Available  
tschao  

I Love You
Not Available  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
India  
Gondar  

Dialect 2
Not present  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Ethiopia  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Ethiopia  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
santal  
amharique  

German Name
Santali  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Amharas  

History

Origin
20th century  
13th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Amharic  

Language Position
Not Available  
55  
40

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
amh  

ISO 639 3
sat  
amh  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Santali and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Amharic language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Santali and Amharic Language History.

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Santali and Amharic 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 Santali and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Amharic language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Santali vs Amharic Difficulty

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

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