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Punjabi and Santali


Santali and Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
21  
11

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  
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
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

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
2,500,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Saraiki  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  
-  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
26
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Doabi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India  
-  

How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00  
3
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
30  
24
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million  
12
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.44 %  
12
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
100.00 million  
11
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million  
17
6.50 million  
99+

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  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi  
Santali  

Language Position
23  
21
41  
38

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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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.

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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.

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