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Countries

Countries

India, Pakistan
India

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

India, Pakistan
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal

Second Language

Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  • 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

Hindi Language
Munda Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5330
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

96
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4121
9 60
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Scripts

Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Henda ho

Thank You

ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
Adi Johar

How Are You?

ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Cet’leka menama?

Good Night

ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Boge Ninda

Good Evening

ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Boge Ayup’

Good Afternoon

ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
संध्यायान

Good Morning

ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Boge Setak’

Please

ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
দয়া করে

Sorry

ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
দুঃখিত

Bye

ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
Hariau

I Love You

ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ

Excuse Me

ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Pothohari
Mahali

Where They Speak

Pakistan
India

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.006,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Saraiki
Not present

Where They Speak

Afganistan, India, Pakistan
-

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Doabi
Not present

Where They Speak

Pakistan, Punjab, India
-

How Many People Speak

130,000,000.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

301
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

154.30 million6.30 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.44 %0.02 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

100.00 million6.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

54.30 million6.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
संथाली (sãtʰālī)

Alternative Names

Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal

French Name

pendjabi
santal

German Name

Pandschabi-Sprache
Santali

Pronunciation

Not Availble
[sɑnˈtɑli]

Ethnicity

Punjabis
Santal and Teraibasi Santali

History

Origin

1000 AD
20th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
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Branch

Indic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Punjabi
Santali

Language Position

2341
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Santali Sign Language

Scope

-
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pa
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pan
sat

ISO 639 2/B

pan
sat

ISO 639 3

pan
sat

ISO 639 6

panj
sat

Glottocode

panj1256
sant1410

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

-
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
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Punjabi and Santali Alphabets

Punjabi and Santali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Punjabi and Santali. In Punjabi Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Santali Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Punjabi and Santali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Punjabi and Santali languages. The Punjabi phonology consist Punjabi vowels and Punjabi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Punjabi greetings vs Santali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Punjabi and Santali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Punjabi and Santali Speaking population

Punjabi and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % 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 Punjabi and Santali on Punjabi vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Punjabi and Santali Language Codes

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