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Santali vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Olá  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
bom Dia  

Please
Not Available  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Not Available  
pesaroso  

Bye
Not Available  
tchau  

I Love You
Not Available  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
India  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Not present  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Not present  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
Not Available  
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Português  

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

French Name
santal  
portugais  

German Name
Santali  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
20th century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Portuguese  

Language Position
Not Available  
6  
6

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
por  

ISO 639 3
sat  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Santali and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Portuguese language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Santali vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Santali vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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