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Santali vs Persian


Persian vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

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

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  
سلام  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Not Available  
لطفا  

Sorry
Not Available  
متاسف  

Bye
Not Available  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Not Available  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
India  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Not present  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Not present  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
santal  
persan  

German Name
Santali  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Persian people  

History

Origin
20th century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Persian  

Language Position
Not Available  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
per  

ISO 639 3
sat  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Santali and Persian Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Persian language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Persian Language History.

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

Santali vs Persian Difficulty

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

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