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Santali and Amharic


Amharic and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Selam  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
দয়া করে  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
aznallehu  

Bye
Hariau  
tschao  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
India  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Not present  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
-  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Not present  
Showa  

Where They Speak
-  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
santal  
amharique  

German Name
Santali  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Amharas  

History

Origin
20th century  
13th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Amharic  

Language Position
41  
38
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
amh  

ISO 639 3
sat  
amh  

ISO 639 6
sat  
amh  

Glottocode
sant1410  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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All Santali and Amharic Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Santali and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Santali and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Santali are spoken in different Santali Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Santali vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Santali dialects include: Mahali Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Santali and Amharic Speaking population

Santali and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Santali and Amharic on Santali vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Amharic Language Codes

Santali and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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