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Santali vs Korean


Korean vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
North Korea, South Korea  

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  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
21  
18

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
দয়া করে  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Hariau  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
India  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
-  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Not present  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
-  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
77,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
77.00 million  
13

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
santal  
coréen  

German Name
Santali  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[hangukmal]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Koreans  

History

Origin
20th century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
41  
38
12  
11

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
kor  

ISO 639 3
sat  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
sat  
kor  

Glottocode
sant1410  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Santali and Korean Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Korean language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean Language History.

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

Santali vs Korean Difficulty

The Santali vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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