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Abkhaz and Santali


Santali and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Abkhazia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
62  
36
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
6  
3

How Many Consonants
60  
36
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
амритана  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Амарахь  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Hariau  

I Love You
-  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
India  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
-  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
-  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
abkhaze  
santal  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
20th century  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Santali  

Language Position
28  
26
41  
38

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
sat  

ISO 639 3
abk  
sat  

ISO 639 6
abks  
sat  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Abkhaz and Santali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Abkhaz and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Abkhaz and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Abkhaz are spoken in different Abkhaz Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Abkhaz vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb, Abzhywa. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Abkhaz and Santali Speaking population

Abkhaz and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Abkhaz and Santali on Abkhaz vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Santali Language Codes

Abkhaz and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Abkhaz and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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