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Gujarati and Santali


Santali and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
NA   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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 Language   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
31   
21
21   
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)   
Henda ho   

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   
Boge Setak’   

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   
Not Available   

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   
Not Available   

Bye
બાય (Bāya)   
Not Available   

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   
India   

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Not present   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
6.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
Not Available   

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
6.30 million   
99+

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   

French Name
goudjrati   
santal   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Santali   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gujaratis   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
15   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Santali   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gu   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
guj   
sat   

ISO 639 3
guj   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
guja1252   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Gujarati and Santali Speaking population

Gujarati and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Santali on Gujarati vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Santali Language Codes

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

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