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Burmese and Santali


Santali and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
  • 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
Thai Language   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
Henda ho   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
Boge Setak’   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Not Available   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
Not Available   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Not Available   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
India   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
6.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
6.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   

French Name
birman   
santal   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Santali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
20th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Santali   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
sat   

ISO 639 3
mya   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
sant1410   

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
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Burmese and Santali Speaking population

Burmese and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % 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 Burmese and Santali on Burmese vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Santali Language Codes

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

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