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Santali vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
1  
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-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
Latin  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Thank you  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Good Night  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Please  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Sorry  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Bye  
Hariau  

I Love You
I love you  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
India  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
4
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
-  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Not present  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
English  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
anglais  
santal  

German Name
Englisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
English people  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Santali  

Language Position
3  
3
41  
38

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
sat  

ISO 639 3
eng  
sat  

ISO 639 6
engs  
sat  

Glottocode
stan1293  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
-  

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English and Santali Language History

Comparison of English vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of English and Santali language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Santali Language History.

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

English vs Santali Difficulty

The English vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Santali time required is 44 weeks.

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