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Santali vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit 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  
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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Old German Language  

Derived From
-  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

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
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
দয়া করে  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
Hariau  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
-  

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
santal  
sanskrit  

German Name
Santali  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
20th century  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
41  
38
23  
21

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
san  

ISO 639 3
sat  
san  

ISO 639 6
sat  
san  

Glottocode
sant1410  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Santali and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Sanskrit language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Sanskrit Language History.

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

Santali vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Santali vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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