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Javanese and Santali


Santali and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
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
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Henda ho  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Boge Setak’  

Please
matur nuwun  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Hariau  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
India  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
basa Jawa  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
javanais  
santal  

German Name
Javanisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
450 AD  
20th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Santali  

Language Position
11  
10
41  
38

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
sat  

ISO 639 3
jav  
sat  

ISO 639 6
jav  
sat  

Glottocode
java1253  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Javanese and Santali Speaking population

Javanese and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Santali on Javanese vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Santali Language Codes

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

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