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Dogri vs Santali


Santali vs Dogri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Jammu and Kashmir, 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
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
  • Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
  • 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
Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
42 weeks  
16
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ke aal aee  
Henda ho  

Thank You
dhanwaad  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
kiyaan oo ji  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
shub ratri  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
shub ratri  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
शुभ अपराह्न  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
su prabat  
Boge Setak’  

Please
kripya  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
mere kaulan galti ooyyii  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
changa ji pher  
Hariau  

I Love You
Minjo tere naal pyar hega  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
gustakhi maaf  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jaunsari  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Himachal Pradesh, India  
India  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kullu  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India  
-  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hinduri  
Not present  

Where They Speak
France, Himachal Pradesh, India  
-  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.30 million  
99+
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
डोगरी  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
dogri  
santal  

German Name
Dogri  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[ˈd̪oːɡri]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Dogras  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1971  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dogri  
Santali  

Language Position
32  
30
41  
38

Signed Forms
Signed Dogri  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
doi  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
doi  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
doi  
sat  

ISO 639 3
doi  
sat  

ISO 639 6
doi  
sat  

Glottocode
indo1311  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
59-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Dogri and Santali Language History

Comparison of Dogri vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Dogri and Santali language. History of Dogri language states that this language originated in 1971 whereas history of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dogri and Santali Language History.

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Dogri and Santali Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Dogri and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dogri and Santali language. Dogri word for "Hello" is Ke aal aee or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Dogri Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dogri vs Santali Difficulty

The Dogri vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dogri Alphabets and Santali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Dogri and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dogri and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dogri is 42 weeks while to learn Santali time required is 44 weeks.

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