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 in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Arakanese
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Not present
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
-
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Not present
Intha
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
Origin
20th century
1113 AD
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Santali
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
my
Glottocode
sant1410
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
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.