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Santali and Konkani


Konkani and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
India  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

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

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
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
দয়া করে  
Chike  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
Maf kor  

Bye
Hariau  
Adeus  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
India  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
santal  
konkani  

German Name
Santali  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
20th century  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Kokani  

Language Position
41  
38
23  
21

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
kok  

ISO 639 3
sat  
kok  

ISO 639 6
sat  
kok  

Glottocode
sant1410  
goan1235  

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
-  
-  

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

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Santali and Konkani Speaking population

Santali and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Santali vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Konkani Language Codes

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

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