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Abkhaz vs Santali


Santali vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Abkhazia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • 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
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
6  
3

How Many Consonants
60  
36
21  
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
амритана  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Амарахь  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Hariau  

I Love You
-  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
India  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
-  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
-  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
abkhaze  
santal  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
20th century  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Santali  

Language Position
28  
26
41  
38

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
sat  

ISO 639 3
abk  
sat  

ISO 639 6
abks  
sat  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Abkhaz and Santali Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Santali language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 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 Abkhaz and Santali Language History.

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

Abkhaz vs Santali Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Santali time required is 44 weeks.

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