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Santali and Zulu


Zulu and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Pan South African Language Board  

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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Xhosa Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
50  
35

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Sawubona  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Ngiyabonga  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
unjani  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
okuhle ebusuku  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
okuhle kusihlwa  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
okuhle ntambama  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
okuhle ekuseni  

Please
দয়া করে  
Ngiyacela  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
Ngiyaxolisa  

Bye
Hariau  
bye  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
Ngiyakuthanda wena  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Qwabe  

Where They Speak
India  
Gabon, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Not present  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  

Where They Speak
-  
Georgia, South Africa  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Not present  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
-  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
28,000,000.00  
20

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.16 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
12.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
isiZulu  

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

French Name
santal  
zoulou  

German Name
Santali  
Zulu-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[zuːlu]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Zulu people  

History

Origin
20th century  
19  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Beatu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
urban Zulu  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Deep Zulu  

Language Position
41  
38
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Zulu Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
zu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
zul  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
zul  

ISO 639 3
sat  
zul  

ISO 639 6
sat  
zul  

Glottocode
sant1410  
zulu1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Santali and Zulu Speaking population

Santali and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Santali vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Zulu Language Codes

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

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