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Santali and Swahili


Swahili and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

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
-  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    •   

Similar To
Munda Language  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Habari  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Asante  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
দয়া করে  
tafadhali  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
pole  

Bye
Hariau  
bye  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
India  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Not present  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
-  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Not present  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
-  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
santal  
swahili  

German Name
Santali  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
20th century  
6th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Swahili  

Language Position
41  
38
21  
19

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
swa  

ISO 639 3
sat  
swa  

ISO 639 6
sat  
swa  

Glottocode
sant1410  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Santali and Swahili Speaking population

Santali and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Santali vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Swahili Language Codes

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

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