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Santali vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
India, Pakistan   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Hindi and Urdu Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
17   
14

How Many Consonants
21   
11
27   
17

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya   
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
Assalām ‘alaikum   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Hach t'ochoktiya   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
Hach ch'i   

Please
Not Available   
Not Available   

Sorry
Not Available   
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   

Bye
Not Available   
Khuda hāfiz   

I Love You
Not Available   
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Kashtawari   

Where They Speak
India   
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Poguli   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Pogul and Paristan valleys   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Rambani   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
5.42 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   

French Name
santal   
kashmiri   

German Name
Santali   
Kaschmiri   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kəːʃur]   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Kashmiris or koshur   

History

Origin
20th century   
12th Century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Kashmiri   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ks   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
kas   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
kas   

ISO 639 3
sat   
kas   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
kash1277   

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   
Not Available   

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Santali and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Kashmiri language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri Language History.

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

Santali vs Kashmiri Difficulty

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

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