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Hindi and Santali


Santali and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
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, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
Henda ho   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
Boge Setak’   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
Not Available   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
Not Available   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
Not Available   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
India   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Marwari   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
6.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
Not Available   

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
6.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
Not Available   

Native Name
हिन्दी   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   

French Name
hindi   
santal   

German Name
Hindi   
Santali   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
7th Century   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Santali   

Language Position
5   
5
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
sat   

ISO 639 3
hin   
sat   

ISO 639 6
hins   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hind1269   
sant1410   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Hindi and Santali Speaking population

Hindi and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Santali on Hindi vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Santali Language Codes

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

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