Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
India
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- 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
Farsi Language
Munda Language
Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Sipas
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Evare baş
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Boge Setak’
Please
Bê zehmet
দয়া করে
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Mahali
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
India
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Not present
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
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Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Not present
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
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Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
German Name
Kurdisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
16th century CE
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Santali
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ku
No data available
Glottocode
kurd1259
sant1410
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Santali language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Santali Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Santali time required is 44 weeks.