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Dzongkha and Santali


Santali and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • 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
Sikkimese Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
30  
20
21  
11

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Not Available  
Boge Setak’  

Please
Not Available  
Not Available  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Not Available  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
Not Available  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Adap  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available  
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
37
Not Available  

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
dzongkha  
santal  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Santali  

Pronunciation
Not available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
17th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Santali  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
sat  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
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 Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Dzongkha and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dzongkha are spoken in different Dzongkha Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dzongkha vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dzongkha dialects include: Laya, Lunana. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dzongkha and Santali Speaking population

Dzongkha and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dzongkha and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Dzongkha and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is Not Available 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 Dzongkha and Santali on Dzongkha vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dzongkha and Santali Language Codes

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