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Language Comparison: Santali Ol Chiki vs Tswana
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Aspect | Santali Ol Chiki | Tswana |
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Family | Austroasiatic, Munda | Niger-Congo, Bantu |
Speakers | Approximately 7.6 million | Approximately 8 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 Bantu language known for its noun class system, tonal distinctions, and use of subject concord prefixes; widely spoken in southern Africa, particularly Botswana and South Africa |
Countries | India (Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam), Bangladesh, and Nepal | Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe |
Writing System | Ol Chiki script (invented in 1925 by Pandit Raghunath Murmu) | Latin script |
Tonal | Yes, has three tones (high, mid, low) | Yes, with tonal distinctions that differentiate meaning |
Grammatical Cases | No strict cases, uses postpositions | No, relies on noun classes and word order to indicate grammatical roles |
Derived From | Proto-Munda | Proto-Bantu |
Loanwords | From Bengali, Hindi, and English | Primarily from English and Afrikaans |
Dialects | Includes Northern Santali, Eastern Santali, and Southern Santali, with variations in phonology and vocabulary | Includes several regional dialects, such as Serolong, Sengwaketse, Setlhaping, and Sekgatla, with variations in vocabulary and pronunciation |
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, CH, D, E, Ê, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, Ô, P, PH, Q, R, S, Š, T, TH, TL, TLH, TSH, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
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