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Santali and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
-  
Dzongkha Development 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.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
30  
20

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
দয়া করে  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Hariau  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Laya  

Where They Speak
India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
-  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Adap  

Where They Speak
-  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
santal  
dzongkha  

German Name
Santali  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
20th century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
41  
38
31  
29

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
sat  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
sat  
dzo  

Glottocode
sant1410  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Santali and Dzongkha Speaking population

Santali and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. 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 Dzongkha on Santali vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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