Countries
India
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, 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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Munda Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3053
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
69
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2141
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Henda ho
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Adi Johar
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
দয়া করে
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
দুঃখিত
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Hariau
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Pothohari
Where They Speak
India
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Saraiki
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Doabi
Where They Speak
-
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
130
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million154.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million54.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
santal
pendjabi
German Name
Santali
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Punjabis
Origin
20th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Santali
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
4123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
pan
ISO 639 2/B
sat
pan
ISO 639 3
sat
pan
ISO 639 6
sat
panj
Glottocode
sant1410
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional