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Santali vs Arabic


Arabic vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

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

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

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

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  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
صباح الخير  

Please
Not Available  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Not Available  
آسف  

Bye
Not Available  
وداعا  

I Love You
Not Available  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
India  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

Dialect 2
Not present  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Not present  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
Not Available  
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
santal  
arabe  

German Name
Santali  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Arabs  

History

Origin
20th century  
512 CE  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
Not Available  
25  
21

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
ara  

ISO 639 3
sat  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Santali and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Arabic language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. 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 Arabic Language History.

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

Santali vs Arabic Difficulty

The Santali vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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