English→Santali (India (Jharkhand))

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Jharkhand Santali sounds like itself in Ol Chiki, in Johar as an everyday greeting, and in Hindi-contact words heard around village markets and family talk.

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Johar, elder brother—are you well?

ᱡᱚᱦᱟᱨ ᱫᱟᱫᱟ, ᱟᱢ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ?

ᱡᱚᱦᱟᱨ (Johar) is the everyday Jharkhand greeting, while ᱫᱟᱫᱟ (dada) and ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟ (bhala) reflect familiar Hindi-contact speech.

Come home soon.

ᱡᱟᱞᱫᱤ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱤᱡᱩᱜ ᱢᱮ

ᱡᱟᱞᱫᱤ (jaldi) is the Hindi loan commonly used in Jharkhand family talk, and ᱢᱮ marks the direct imperative.

Please wait a little; I’m coming.

ᱛᱷᱚᱲᱟ ᱴᱟᱲᱟᱢ ᱢᱮ, ᱤᱧ ᱦᱤᱡᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ

ᱛᱷᱚᱲᱟ (thoda) is the local Hindi-contact choice for ‘a little’, while ᱠᱟᱱᱟ gives the ongoing ‘coming’ construction.

I have no money.

ᱤᱧᱟᱜ ᱯᱟᱹᱭᱥᱟ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱢᱮᱱᱟ।

ᱯᱟᱹᱭᱥᱟ is the everyday money word, while ᱵᱟᱝ ᱢᱮᱱᱟ marks negative possession or non-existence.

Where is the market?

ᱦᱟᱴ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱠᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟ?

ᱦᱟᱴ means market, and ᱨᱮ is the Santali locative construction for asking where something is located.

The rice is ready.

ᱢᱟᱸᱰᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱢᱮᱱᱟ।

ᱢᱟᱸᱰᱤ means cooked rice or a rice meal, a culturally specific everyday food term in Santali.

My mother is here.

ᱤᱧᱟᱜ ᱟᱭᱳ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱚᱰᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟ।

ᱟᱭᱳ is the Santali kin term for mother, and ᱤᱧᱟᱜ marks first-person possession.

I am working.

ᱤᱧ ᱠᱟᱹᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ।

ᱠᱟᱹᱢ means work, and the ᱠᱟᱱᱟ progressive construction signals an action currently in progress.

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