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Santali vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
-  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
-  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Halo  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
দয়া করে  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
maaf  

Bye
Hariau  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
India  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Not present  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
-  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
-  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
santal  
indonésien  

German Name
Santali  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
20th century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Indonesian  

Language Position
41  
38
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
ind  

ISO 639 3
sat  
ind  

ISO 639 6
sat  
ind  

Glottocode
sant1410  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Santali and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Indonesian language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Santali vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Santali vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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