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Welsh vs Santali


Santali vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Wales  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
English Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

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

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Diolch  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Nos da  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Boge Setak’  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Hwyl  
Hariau  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
India  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
-  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Powys  
-  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

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

French Name
gallois  
santal  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
9th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
-  

Branch
Brythonic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Santali  

Language Position
31  
29
41  
38

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
sat  

ISO 639 3
cym  
sat  

ISO 639 6
cym  
sat  

Glottocode
wels1247  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Welsh and Santali Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Santali language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th 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 Welsh and Santali Language History.

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

Welsh vs Santali Difficulty

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

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