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Santali and Javanese


Javanese and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

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.
  
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Halo  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
দয়া করে  
matur nuwun  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
Hariau  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
India  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Not present  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
-  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Not present  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
-  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
82,000,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
1.25 %  
14

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
82.00 million  
12

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
santal  
javanais  

German Name
Santali  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
20th century  
450 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Javanese  

Language Position
41  
38
11  
10

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Javanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
jav  

ISO 639 3
sat  
jav  

ISO 639 6
sat  
jav  

Glottocode
sant1410  
java1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Santali and Javanese Speaking population

Santali and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Santali vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Javanese Language Codes

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

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