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Santali vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
19   
9

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
Halo   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Not Available   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
Not Available   
maaf   

Bye
Not Available   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Not Available   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
India   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Not present   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Not present   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
santal   
indonésien   

German Name
Santali   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
20th century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
ind   

ISO 639 3
sat   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Santali and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Indonesian language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Santali vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Santali vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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