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Santali vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Yoruba Academy  

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 largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
17  
7

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
e kaaro  

Please
দয়া করে  
Jowo  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
binu  

Bye
Hariau  
bye  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
India  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Ede  

Where They Speak
-  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
-  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
santal  
yoruba  

German Name
Santali  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
20th century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
41  
38
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
yor  

ISO 639 3
sat  
yor  

ISO 639 6
sat  
yor  

Glottocode
sant1410  
yoru1245  

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
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Santali and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Yoruba language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC. 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 Yoruba Language History.

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

Santali vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Santali vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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