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Santali vs Burmese


Burmese vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Mon  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Myanmar Language Commission  

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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

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

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  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
Not Available  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Not Available  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Not Available  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Not Available  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
India  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Not present  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
440,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Not present  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
santal  
birman  

German Name
Santali  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
20th century  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
Not Available  
43  
32

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
bur  

ISO 639 3
sat  
mya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
sout3159  

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  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Santali and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Burmese language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. 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 Burmese Language History.

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

Santali vs Burmese Difficulty

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

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