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Santali vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Thailand  

Regulated By
-  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
-  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
24  
14

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Hai  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
terima kasih  

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

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Selamat pagi  

Please
দয়া করে  
sila  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
maaf  

Bye
Hariau  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
India  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
-  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Musi  

Where They Speak
-  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Bahasa melayu  

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

French Name
santal  
malais  

German Name
Santali  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
20th century  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
41  
38
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
may  

ISO 639 3
sat  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
sat  
may  

Glottocode
sant1410  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Santali and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Malaysian language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Santali vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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