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Santali and Oriya


Oriya 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
-  
-  

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 earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
দয়া করে  
ଦୟାକରି  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
Hariau  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
India  
India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Not present  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
-  
India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
33,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Not present  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
-  
India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
520,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
35.00 million  
24

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
santal  
oriya  

German Name
Santali  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Odias  

History

Origin
20th century  
3 BC  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
41  
38
32  
30

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
ori  

ISO 639 3
sat  
ori  

ISO 639 6
sat  
ori  

Glottocode
sant1410  
macr1269  

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

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Santali and Oriya Speaking population

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

Santali and Oriya Language Codes

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

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