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Santali and Khmer


Khmer and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

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  
Australia, France, United States of America  

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.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

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

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
দয়া করে  
សូម  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
សូរី  

Bye
Hariau  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
India  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
-  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
-  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
santal  
khmer central  

German Name
Santali  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
20th century  
14  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
41  
38
1  
1

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
khm  

ISO 639 3
sat  
khm  

ISO 639 6
sat  
khm  

Glottocode
sant1410  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Santali and Khmer Speaking population

Santali and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Khmer on Santali vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Khmer Language Codes

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

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