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Sanskrit and Santali


Santali and Sanskrit


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
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sanskrit-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
20 weeks  
5
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
संध्यायान  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
দয়া করে  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
দুঃখিত  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
Hariau  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
-  
India  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
6.50 million  
99+

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
sanskrit  
santal  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Santali  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[sɑnˈtɑli]  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Santali  

Language Position
23  
21
41  
38

Signed Forms
-  
Santali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
sat  

ISO 639 3
san  
sat  

ISO 639 6
san  
sat  

Glottocode
sans1269  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Sanskrit and Santali Speaking population

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

Sanskrit and Santali Language Codes

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

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