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Indonesian vs Santali


Santali vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

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

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
Boge Setak’  

Please
mohon Untuk  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
maaf  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Hariau  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
India  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
indonésien  
santal  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
7th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Santali  

Language Position
56  
99+
41  
38

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
sat  

ISO 639 3
ind  
sat  

ISO 639 6
ind  
sat  

Glottocode
indo1316  
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
Agglutinative  
-  

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Indonesian and Santali Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Santali language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Indonesian and Santali Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Santali Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Santali time required is 44 weeks.

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