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Bhojpuri and Santali


Santali and Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
0  
15
1  
14

National Language
India  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
  • 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
Maithili and Magahi  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
43  
23
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
6  
3

How Many Consonants
34  
24
21  
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)  
Hariau  

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
India  

How Many People Speak
16,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  
-  

How Many People Speak
380,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.43 %  
33
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
bhojpuri  
santal  

German Name
Bhojpuri  
Santali  

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Bhojpuri speakers  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
19th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri  
Santali  

Language Position
37  
34
41  
38

Signed Forms
Bhojpuri Sign Language  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
bho  
sat  

ISO 639 3
bho  
sat  

ISO 639 6
bho  
sat  

Glottocode
bhoj1246  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Bhojpuri and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bhojpuri are spoken in different Bhojpuri Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bhojpuri vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bhojpuri dialects include: Caribbean Hindustani, Fiji Hindi. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bhojpuri and Santali Speaking population

Bhojpuri and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bhojpuri and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Bhojpuri and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 % 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 Bhojpuri and Santali on Bhojpuri vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bhojpuri and Santali Language Codes

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

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