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Santali vs Greek


Greek vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Armenian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
17   
7

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
Not Available   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
Not Available   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
Not Available   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
Not Available   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
India   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Not present   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Not present   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
santal   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Santali   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
20th century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
Not Available   
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
gre   

ISO 639 3
sat   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
sant1410   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
No data available   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Santali and Greek Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Greek language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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

Santali vs Greek Difficulty

The Santali vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.

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