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Somali vs Santali


Santali vs 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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Somali and Santali Language History

Comparison of Somali vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Somali and Santali language. History of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Somali and Santali Language History.

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

Somali vs Santali Difficulty

The Somali vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.

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