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Santali vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
16   
13

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
Not Available   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
Not Available   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
Not Available   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
Not Available   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Not present   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million   
99+
14.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
14.10 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Not Available   

French Name
santal   
sanskrit   

German Name
Santali   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Not Available   

History

Origin
20th century   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Sanskrit   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
san   

ISO 639 3
sat   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Santali and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Sanskrit language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Sanskrit Language History.

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

Santali vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Santali vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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