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Urdu vs Santali


Santali vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
40  
29
21  
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Henda ho  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Not Available  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Boge Setak’  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Not Available  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Not Available  

Bye
الوداع  
Not Available  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
India  
India  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Not present  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
Not Available  

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
Not Available  

Native Name
اُردُو  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
ourdou  
santal  

German Name
Urdu  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Santali  

Language Position
20  
18
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
sat  

ISO 639 3
urd  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Urdu and Santali Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Santali language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Santali Language History.

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

Urdu vs Santali Difficulty

The Urdu vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.

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