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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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