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Somali and Santali


Santali and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Somalia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East  
Asia  

Minority Language
Yemen  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
  • 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
Afar and Oromo Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Habeenka Good  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Evening Good  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Fadlan  
Not Available  

Sorry
sorry  
Not Available  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
Not Available  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali  
India  

Dialect 2
Benaadir  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Standard Somali  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
af Soomaali  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
somali  
santal  

German Name
Somali  
Santali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Somalis  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
19th century  
20th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Cushitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Somali  
Santali  

Language Position
83  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
sat  

ISO 639 3
som  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
soma1255  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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All Somali and Santali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Santali Speaking population

Somali and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Somali and Santali on Somali vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Santali Language Codes

Somali and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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