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Language Comparison: Tiv vs Santali Ol Chiki
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Aspect | Tiv | Santali Ol Chiki |
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Family | Niger-Congo, Benue-Congo | Austroasiatic, Munda |
Speakers | Approximately 5.2 million | Approximately 7.6 million |
Features | A tonal language with distinct pitch variations to indicate different meanings; spoken primarily in central Nigeria | 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, especially in the Benue, Nasarawa, and Taraba states | 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, with three main tones: high, mid, and low | Yes, has three tones (high, mid, low) |
Grammatical Cases | No, uses word order and particles to indicate relationships | No strict cases, uses postpositions |
Derived From | Benue-Congo language family | Proto-Munda |
Loanwords | From English and Hausa | From Bengali, Hindi, and English |
Dialects | Relatively homogeneous with minor regional variations, primarily 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, GB, H, I, J, K, KW, L, M, MB, N, NG, NY, O, P, R, S, SH, T, TS, U, V, 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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