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Santali vs Khasi


Khasi vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not Available  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
14  
4

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Kumno  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Khublei  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
khublei  

Please
Not Available  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
Not Available  
Map  

Bye
Not Available  
khublei  

I Love You
Not Available  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
India  
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Not present  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
santal  
khasi  

German Name
Santali  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
20th century  
Not Available  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Khasi  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
kha  

ISO 639 3
sat  
kha  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Santali and Khasi Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Khasi language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Khasi language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Khasi language states that this language originated in Not Available. 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 Khasi Language History.

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

Santali vs Khasi Difficulty

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

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