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Santali vs Japanese


Japanese vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
14  
4

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Not Available  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Not Available  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Not Available  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Not Available  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
India  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Not present  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Not Available  

French Name
santal  
japonais  

German Name
Santali  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
20th century  
1185  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Japanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
sat  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Santali and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Japanese language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Santali vs Japanese Difficulty

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

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