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Malaysian vs Santali


Santali vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Malaysia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
24  
14
21  
11

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

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
Henda ho  

Thank You
terima kasih  
Adi Johar  

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

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
Boge Setak’  

Please
sila  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
maaf  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Hariau  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
malais  
santal  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
20th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Santali  

Language Position
54  
99+
41  
38

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
sat  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
sat  

ISO 639 6
may  
sat  

Glottocode
stan1306  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Malaysian and Santali Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Santali language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 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 Malaysian and Santali Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Santali Difficulty

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

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