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Language Comparison: Kiga vs Santali Ol Chiki
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Aspect | Kiga | Santali Ol Chiki |
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Family | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Austroasiatic, Munda |
Speakers | Approximately 1.6 million | Approximately 7.6 million |
Features | A Bantu language closely related to Rukiga and Runyankore; known for its noun class system, tonal distinctions, and rich oral tradition. | 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 | Uganda (primarily in the Kigezi region, southwestern Uganda) | India (Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam), Bangladesh, and Nepal |
Writing System | Latin script | Ol Chiki script (invented in 1925 by Pandit Raghunath Murmu) |
Tonal | Yes, tones are used to distinguish meaning | Yes, has three tones (high, mid, low) |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses noun class prefixes and concords | No strict cases, uses postpositions |
Derived From | Proto-Bantu | Proto-Munda |
Loanwords | From English, Swahili, and Luganda | From Bengali, Hindi, and English |
Dialects | Kiga is closely related to Runyankore, and the two are sometimes considered dialects of a single language, though they are distinct in pronunciation and vocabulary. | 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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