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Kashmiri vs Santali


Santali vs Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17  
14
6  
3

How Many Consonants
27  
17
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum  
Henda ho  

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
سہا مسا  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Hach ch'i  
Boge Setak’  

Please
مهربانی کر  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Khuda hāfiz  
Hariau  

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  
India  

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

Dialect 2
Poguli  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rambani  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
36
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.42 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
kashmiri  
santal  

German Name
Kaschmiri  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
12th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kashmiri  
Santali  

Language Position
23  
21
41  
38

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ks  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
kas  
sat  

ISO 639 3
kas  
sat  

ISO 639 6
kas  
sat  

Glottocode
kash1277  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Kashmiri and Santali Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Santali language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri and Santali Language History.

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

Kashmiri vs Santali Difficulty

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

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