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Santali vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

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

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
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
দয়া করে  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
Hariau  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
India  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Not present  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
-  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Not present  
Surati  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
santal  
goudjrati  

German Name
Santali  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
20th century  
15  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
41  
38
23  
21

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
guj  

ISO 639 3
sat  
guj  

ISO 639 6
sat  
guj  

Glottocode
sant1410  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Santali and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Gujarati language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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

Santali vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Santali vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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