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Santali and Urdu


Urdu and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
-  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
40  
29

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
দয়া করে  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
Hariau  
الوداع  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
India  
India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Not present  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
-  
India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Not present  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
-  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
اُردُو  

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

French Name
santal  
ourdou  

German Name
Santali  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
20th century  
12th Century CE  

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  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
41  
38
20  
18

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
urd  

ISO 639 3
sat  
urd  

ISO 639 6
sat  
urd  

Glottocode
sant1410  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Santali and Urdu Speaking population

Santali and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Santali vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Urdu Language Codes

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

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