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Santali and Punjabi


Punjabi and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
21  
11
41  
30

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

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
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
India  
Pakistan  

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

Dialect 2
Not present  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
-  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Not present  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
-  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
54.30 million  
17

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  

History

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
41  
38
23  
21

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

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  

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

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Santali and Punjabi Speaking population

Santali and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Santali vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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