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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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

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
Not Available   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
Not Available   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Not Available   
aznallehu   

Bye
Not Available   
tschao   

I Love You
Not Available   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
India   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ethiopia   

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
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Amharas   

History

Origin
20th century   
13th century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
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 Not Available 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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