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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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