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Santali and Burmese


Burmese and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Myanmar  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Burma  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Mon  

Regulated By
-  
Myanmar Language Commission  

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.
  
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Thai Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
দয়া করে  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Hariau  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
India  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
-  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Intha  

Where They Speak
-  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
santal  
birman  

German Name
Santali  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
20th century  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
41  
38
43  
40

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
bur  

ISO 639 3
sat  
mya  

ISO 639 6
sat  
mya  

Glottocode
sant1410  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Santali and Burmese Speaking population

Santali and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Santali vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Burmese Language Codes

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

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