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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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