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Santali vs Oromo


Oromo vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Ethiopia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Somalia   

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.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Somali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
24   
14

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
akkam   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
Galatoomi   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
Attam jirta/jirtu?   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
Nagayattii buli   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
Akkam waarite   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Attam oolte / ooltan   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
Attam bulte/bultan   

Please
Not Available   
Maaloo   

Sorry
Not Available   
naa dhiisi   

Bye
Not Available   
Nagayattii!   

I Love You
Not Available   
Sin jaaladha   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Maaloo na dabarsi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Borana   

Where They Speak
India   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Not present   
Orma   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Not present   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
santal   
galla   

German Name
Santali   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Oromos   

History

Origin
20th century   
16   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
Not Available   
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
om   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
orm   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
orm   

ISO 639 3
sat   
orm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
nucl1736   

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 Oromo Language History

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

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

Santali vs Oromo Difficulty

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

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