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Konkani and Santali


Santali and Konkani


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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • 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
Marathi  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
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
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Chike  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
Maf kor  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
Adeus  
Hariau  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Goa  
India  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
konkani  
santal  

German Name
Konkani  
Santali  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Santali  

Language Position
23  
21
41  
38

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
sat  

ISO 639 3
kok  
sat  

ISO 639 6
kok  
sat  

Glottocode
goan1235  
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 Konkani 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 Konkani and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Konkani and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Konkani are spoken in different Konkani Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Konkani vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Konkani dialects include: Antruz Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Konkani and Santali Speaking population

Konkani and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % 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 Konkani and Santali on Konkani vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Santali Language Codes

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