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Santali vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
China, Guangdong  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
您好  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
晚安  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
下午好  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
早上好  

Please
Not Available  
请  

Sorry
Not Available  
遗憾  

Bye
Not Available  
再见  

I Love You
Not Available  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
India  
outside mainland China  

Dialect 2
Not present  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Hong Kong  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Hong Kong  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
santal  
Not Available  

German Name
Santali  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Not Available  

History

Origin
20th century  
17th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Standard Cantonese  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
sat  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Santali and Cantonese Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Cantonese language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Cantonese language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Cantonese Language History.

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

Santali vs Cantonese Difficulty

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

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