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Gujarati and Santali


Santali and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
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
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
Hariau  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
India  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
-  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Surati  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
goudjrati  
santal  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
15  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Santali  

Language Position
23  
21
41  
38

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
sat  

ISO 639 3
guj  
sat  

ISO 639 6
guj  
sat  

Glottocode
guja1252  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Gujarati and Santali Speaking population

Gujarati and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Santali on Gujarati vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Santali Language Codes

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

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