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Marwari vs Santali


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Countries

Countries
Rajastan, India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Rajastan, India  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nepal, Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
  • 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
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Gujarati Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
32  
22
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
khammaghani  
Henda ho  

Thank You
dhanyavaad  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
shubh raatri  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Shubh Honjh  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Shubh Havar  
Boge Setak’  

Please
kirpa  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Maaf Karo  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
bye  
Hariau  

I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
maaf karo  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jogi  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
India  
India  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
33
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bagri  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
31
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dhundhari  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
14.00 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Marwari  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
marvari  
santal  

German Name
Marwari  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[məˈrwɑːɾi]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
16  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Marwari  
Santali  

Language Position
72  
99+
41  
38

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mwr  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
mwr  
sat  

ISO 639 3
mwr  
sat  

ISO 639 6
mwr  
sat  

Glottocode
raja1256  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Marwari and Santali Language History

Comparison of Marwari vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Marwari and Santali language. History of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16 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 Marwari and Santali Language History.

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

Marwari vs Santali Difficulty

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

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