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Persian and Santali


Santali and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
21  
11

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

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
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
سلام  
Henda ho  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Boge Setak’  

Please
لطفا  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
متاسف  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Hariau  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
India  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
-  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
persan  
santal  

German Name
Persisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Santali  

Language Position
23  
21
41  
38

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
sat  

ISO 639 3
pes  
sat  

ISO 639 6
pers  
sat  

Glottocode
fars1254  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Persian and Santali Speaking population

Persian and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % 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 Persian and Santali on Persian vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Santali Language Codes

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

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