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Balochi and Santali


Santali and Balochi


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Iran   
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
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
  • Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
  • 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
Kurdish and Persian   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
26   
16
21   
11

Scripts
Perso-Arabic script   
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Salam   
Henda ho   

Thank You
mana bebahgsh   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
chone tao?   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
jawáin shap   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
jawáin begáh   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Not Available   

Good Morning
jawáin sawáh   
Boge Setak’   

Please
Mihrabani kan   
Not Available   

Sorry
bebaksh / bebagsh   
Not Available   

Bye
bye   
Not Available   

I Love You
Tu mana doost biyeh   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
mana bebahgsh   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Balochi   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Pakistan   
India   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Western Balochi   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Balochi   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
6.30 million   
99+

Native Name
بلوچی   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

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

French Name
baloutchi   
santal   

German Name
Belutschisch   
Santali   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
19th Century   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Balochi   
Santali   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bal   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
bal   
sat   

ISO 639 3
bal   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
balo1260   
sant1410   

Linguasphere
58-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Balochi and Santali Speaking population

Balochi and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Balochi and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Balochi and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 % 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 Balochi and Santali on Balochi vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Balochi and Santali Language Codes

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

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