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Language Comparison: Santali Ol Chiki vs Tumbuka
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Aspect | Santali Ol Chiki | Tumbuka |
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Family | Austroasiatic, Munda | Niger-Congo |
Speakers | Approximately 7.6 million | Approximately 2 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 spoken in parts of Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania, known for its noun class system and tonal nature, which affects meaning |
Countries | India (Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam), Bangladesh, and Nepal | Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania |
Writing System | Ol Chiki script (invented in 1925 by Pandit Raghunath Murmu) | Latin script |
Tonal | Yes, has three tones (high, mid, low) | Yes, tone is used to distinguish word meaning |
Grammatical Cases | No strict cases, uses postpositions | No, uses noun classes and affixes for grammatical relations |
Derived From | Proto-Munda | Proto-Bantu, with historical links to other Bantu languages in the region |
Loanwords | From Bengali, Hindi, and English | From English, Swahili, and neighboring Bantu languages |
Dialects | Includes Northern Santali, Eastern Santali, and Southern Santali, with variations in phonology and vocabulary | Includes dialects such as Henga, Kamanga, and other minor regional variations |
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, V, W, Y, Z |
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