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Language Comparison: Santali Ol Chiki vs Kanuri
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Aspect | Santali Ol Chiki | Kanuri |
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Family | Austroasiatic, Munda | Nilo-Saharan, Saharan |
Speakers | Approximately 7.6 million | Approximately 10 million |
Features | 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 | 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. |
Countries | India (Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam), Bangladesh, and Nepal | Nigeria (primarily in Borno State), Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Libya |
Writing System | Ol Chiki script (invented in 1925 by Pandit Raghunath Murmu) | Latin script (modern use), Arabic script (historical use) |
Tonal | Yes, has three tones (high, mid, low) | No |
Grammatical Cases | No strict cases, uses postpositions | No, uses word order and particles |
Derived From | Proto-Munda | Proto-Saharan |
Loanwords | From Bengali, Hindi, and English | From Arabic, Hausa, and Fulani |
Dialects | Includes Northern Santali, Eastern Santali, and Southern Santali, with variations in phonology and vocabulary | Includes Yerwa Kanuri (standard), Manga Kanuri, and Central Kanuri, with regional lexical and phonological differences |
Alphabets | 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 | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, Y, Z |
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