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Khasi and Santali


Santali and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
  • 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
14  
4
21  
11

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

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Khublei  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
thia sukh  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
khublei  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Sngewbha  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Map  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
khublei  
Hariau  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
-  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
khasi  
santal  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
20th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Santali  

Language Position
40  
37
41  
38

Signed Forms
Khasi 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
kha  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
sat  

ISO 639 3
kha  
sat  

ISO 639 6
kha  
sat  

Glottocode
khas1269  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Khasi and Santali Speaking population

Khasi and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % 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 Khasi and Santali on Khasi vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Santali Language Codes

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

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