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Language Comparison: Santali Ol Chiki vs Shan
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Aspect | Santali Ol Chiki | Shan |
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Family | Austroasiatic, Munda | Tai-Kadai |
Speakers | Approximately 7.6 million | Approximately 3-4 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 | A tonal language closely related to Thai and Lao, known for its simpler grammar and extensive use of classifiers |
Countries | India (Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam), Bangladesh, and Nepal | Myanmar (primarily in Shan State), with smaller communities in Thailand and China |
Writing System | Ol Chiki script (invented in 1925 by Pandit Raghunath Murmu) | Shan script (derived from Burmese script) |
Tonal | Yes, has three tones (high, mid, low) | Yes, typically 5-6 tones depending on the dialect |
Grammatical Cases | No strict cases, uses postpositions | No, uses word order and particles |
Derived From | Proto-Munda | Proto-Tai |
Loanwords | From Bengali, Hindi, and English | From Burmese, Pali, and Thai |
Dialects | Includes Northern Santali, Eastern Santali, and Southern Santali, with variations in phonology and vocabulary | Includes Tai Long, Tai Mao, and Tai Khuen, with variations in pronunciation and vocabulary |
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 | ၵ, ၶ, င, ၸ, ၹ, ၺ, ၻ, ၼ, ၽ, ၾ, ၿ, ႀ, ႁ, ႂ, ႃ, ႄ, ႅ, ႆ, ႇ, ႈ, ႉ, ႊ, ၷ, ႋ |
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