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Santali vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
India, Pakistan  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
17  
14

How Many Consonants
21  
11
27  
17

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
سہا مسا  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Hach ch'i  

Please
দয়া করে  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
Hariau  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
India  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

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

Dialect 2
Not present  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
-  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
-  
India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
santal  
kashmiri  

German Name
Santali  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
20th century  
12th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
41  
38
23  
21

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
kas  

ISO 639 3
sat  
kas  

ISO 639 6
sat  
kas  

Glottocode
sant1410  
kash1277  

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 Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Kashmiri language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri Language History.

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

Santali vs Kashmiri Difficulty

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

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