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Language Comparison: Kanuri vs Santali Ol Chiki
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Aspect | Kanuri | Santali Ol Chiki |
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Family | Nilo-Saharan, Saharan | Austroasiatic, Munda |
Speakers | Approximately 10 million | Approximately 7.6 million |
Features | An agglutinative language with a rich system of suffixes and distinctive vowel harmony; Kanuri is known for its role as the language of the Kanem-Bornu Empire. | An Austroasiatic language with a rich oral tradition, extensive use of affixes, and three main lexical tones; Ol Chiki is the unique script created for Santali |
Countries | Nigeria (primarily in Borno State), Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Libya | India (Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam), Bangladesh, and Nepal |
Writing System | Latin script (modern use), Arabic script (historical use) | Ol Chiki script (invented in 1925 by Pandit Raghunath Murmu) |
Tonal | No | Yes, has three tones (high, mid, low) |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses word order and particles | No strict cases, uses postpositions |
Derived From | Proto-Saharan | Proto-Munda |
Loanwords | From Arabic, Hausa, and Fulani | From Bengali, Hindi, and English |
Dialects | Includes Yerwa Kanuri (standard), Manga Kanuri, and Central Kanuri, with regional lexical and phonological differences | Includes Northern Santali, Eastern Santali, and Southern Santali, with variations in phonology and vocabulary |
Alphabets | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, Y, Z | ᱚ, ᱛ, ᱜ, ᱝ, ᱞ, ᱟ, ᱠ, ᱡ, ᱢ, ᱣ, ᱤ, ᱥ, ᱦ, ᱧ, ᱨ, ᱩ, ᱪ, ᱫ, ᱬ, ᱭ, ᱮ, ᱯ, ᱰ, ᱱ, ᱲ, ᱳ, ᱴ, ᱵ, ᱶ, ᱷ |
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