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Santali and Sanskrit


Sanskrit 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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Old German Language  

Derived From
-  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sanskrit-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
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
দয়া করে  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
Hariau  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
-  

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
santal  
sanskrit  

German Name
Santali  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
20th century  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
41  
38
23  
21

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
san  

ISO 639 3
sat  
san  

ISO 639 6
sat  
san  

Glottocode
sant1410  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Santali and Sanskrit Speaking population

Santali and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Santali vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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