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Santali vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Middle East   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
29   
19

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
Silaw   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
Bayanit bash   

Please
Not Available   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
Not Available   
Bibûre   

Bye
Not Available   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Not Available   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
India   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Not present   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Not present   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

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

French Name
santal   
kurde   

German Name
Santali   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Kurds   

History

Origin
20th century   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Kurdish   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
kur   

ISO 639 3
sat   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAA-a   

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 Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Kurdish language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. 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 Kurdish Language History.

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

Santali vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Santali vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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