Assamese and Santali
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Bengali and Oriya
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
Adi Johar
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
subhoraattri
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
Not Available
Good Morning
suprobhaat
Boge Setak’
Please
anugroha kori
Not Available
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
Not Available
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Not Available
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
Not Available
Where They Speak
Western Assam
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
Not present
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Not Available
Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
Not present
Where They Speak
Assam
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
assamais
santal
German Name
Assamesisch
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Assamese people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
7th century A.D
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Kamarupa
No early forms
Standard Forms
Assamese
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
as
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
assa1263
sant1410
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Assamese and Santali 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 Assamese and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Assamese and Santali Speaking population
Assamese and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. 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 Assamese and Santali on Assamese vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Assamese and Santali Language Codes
Assamese and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.