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Uyghur vs Santali


Santali vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
China  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
  • 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
Uzbek Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
27  
17
21  
11

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
Henda ho  

Thank You
rakhmat  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
Boge Setak’  

Please
birdam  
Not Available  

Sorry
kachurung  
Not Available  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
Not Available  

I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
China  
India  

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
ouïgour  
santal  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
11  
20th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Santali  

Language Position
98  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
sat  

ISO 639 3
uig  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Uyghur and Santali Language History

Comparison of Uyghur vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Uyghur and Santali language. History of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11 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 Uyghur and Santali Language History.

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

Uyghur vs Santali Difficulty

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

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