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Yoruba vs Santali


Santali vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
17  
7
21  
11

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

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Henda ho  

Thank You
e dupe  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Not Available  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Jowo  
Not Available  

Sorry
binu  
Not Available  

Bye
bye  
Not Available  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
India  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Ede  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
Not Available  

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
yoruba  
santal  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Santali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
4 BC  
20th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Santali  

Language Position
49  
36
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
sat  

ISO 639 3
yor  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Yoruba and Santali Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Santali language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC 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 Yoruba and Santali Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Santali Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.

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