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Santali and Sindhi


Sindhi and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

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
-  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Gujarati  

Derived From
-  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
42  
31

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
দয়া করে  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
Hariau  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
India  
Upper Sindh  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Not present  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
-  
Central Sindh  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 3
Not present  
Lari  

Where They Speak
-  
Lower Sindh  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
25.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
سنڌي  

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

French Name
santal  
sindhi  

German Name
Santali  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[sɪndi]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Sindhi people  

History

Origin
20th century  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Sindhi  

Language Position
41  
38
50  
99+

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Signed Sindhi  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
snd  

ISO 639 3
sat  
snd  

ISO 639 6
sat  
snd  

Glottocode
sant1410  
sind1272  

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

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Santali and Sindhi Speaking population

Santali and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Santali vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Sindhi Language Codes

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

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