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Santali and Bodo


Bodo and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Assam, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Assam, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
  • In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
  • Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
45   
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
20   
17

How Many Consonants
21   
11
25   
15

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
Not Available   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
Not Available   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
Nungni khabora ma?   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)   

Please
Not Available   
अननानै (Onnanwi)   

Sorry
Not Available   
Not Available   

Bye
Not Available   
Not Available   

I Love You
Not Available   
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
India   
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar   

Dialect 2
Not present   
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari   

Dialect 3
Not present   
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Assam, India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
0.60 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
बड़ो (boṛo)   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci   

French Name
santal   
Not Available   

German Name
Santali   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[bɔɽo]   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)   

History

Origin
20th century   
1913   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
sat   
brx   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
bodo1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Santali and Bodo Speaking population

Santali and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available. 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 Santali and Bodo on Santali vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Bodo Language Codes

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

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