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Santali and Arabic


Arabic and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
صباح الخير  

Please
দয়া করে  
من فضلك  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
آسف  

Bye
Hariau  
وداعا  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
India  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Not present  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
-  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Not present  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
-  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
santal  
arabe  

German Name
Santali  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Arabs  

History

Origin
20th century  
512 CE  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
41  
38
25  
23

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
ara  

ISO 639 3
sat  
ara  

ISO 639 6
sat  
ara  

Glottocode
sant1410  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Santali and Arabic 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 Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Santali and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Santali are spoken in different Santali Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Santali vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Santali dialects include: Mahali Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Santali and Arabic Speaking population

Santali and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Santali vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Arabic Language Codes

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

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