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Hindi and Santali


Santali and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
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, Oceania  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
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
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
Hariau  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
India  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
-  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
-  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
हिन्दी  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
hindi  
santal  

German Name
Hindi  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
7th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Santali  

Language Position
5  
5
41  
38

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
sat  

ISO 639 3
hin  
sat  

ISO 639 6
hins  
sat  

Glottocode
hind1269  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Hindi and Santali Speaking population

Hindi and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Santali on Hindi vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Santali Language Codes

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

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