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Santali vs German


German vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
-  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
-  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
9  
1

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
hallo  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Danke  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
guten Morgen  

Please
দয়া করে  
bitte  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Hariau  
Tschüs  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
India  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
-  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
820,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
-  
Texas  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
1.39 %  
13

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
santal  
allemand  

German Name
Santali  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Germans  

History

Origin
20th century  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
41  
38
9  
9

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
ger  

ISO 639 3
sat  
deu  

ISO 639 6
sat  
deus  

Glottocode
sant1410  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Santali and German Language History

Comparison of Santali vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and German language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 Santali and German Language History.

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

Santali vs German Difficulty

The Santali vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and German 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 Santali and German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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