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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  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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
-  
-  

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
34 weeks  
12

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
नमस्कार  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
धन्यवाद  

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

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
बोडो  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
अन्धानि बार  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)  

Please
দয়া করে  
अननानै (Onnanwi)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
दु:खित  

Bye
Hariau  
Lwrbw  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
दु:खित  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
India  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
-  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect  

Where They Speak
-  
Assam, India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
1,300,000.00  
99+

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
0.02 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
0.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
1.50 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  
bodo  

German Name
Santali  
Bodo  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[bɔɽo]  

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

History

Origin
20th century  
1913  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
-  

Standard Forms
Santali  
-  

Language Position
41  
38
30  
28

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Signed Bodo  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
br  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
brx  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
brx  

ISO 639 3
sat  
brx  

ISO 639 6
sat  
brx  

Glottocode
sant1410  
bodo1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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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 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bodo language is 0.01 %. 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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