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Shona vs Santali


Santali vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
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
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available  
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
46  
34
21  
11

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

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Manheru  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
Not Available  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
Not Available  

Bye
bye  
Not Available  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
India  

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Not present  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Not present  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
Not Available  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
shona  
santal  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Santali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
20th century  
20th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Santali  

Language Position
107  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
sat  

ISO 639 3
sna  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
core1255  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Shona and Santali Language History

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

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

Shona vs Santali Difficulty

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

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