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Hmong and Santali


Santali and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
  • Hmong language came from western part of China.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
6   
3

How Many Consonants
60   
36
21   
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
Henda ho   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
Not Available   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
Boge Setak’   

Please
thov   
Not Available   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
Not Available   

Bye
Not Available   
Not Available   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Laos   
India   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Not present   

Where They Speak
China   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
6.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Hmong   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

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

French Name
hmong   
santal   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Santali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
19   
20th century   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien 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
Hmong   
Santali   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
sat   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
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 Hmong 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 Hmong and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Hmong and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hmong are spoken in different Hmong Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hmong vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua, Hmong Daw. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hmong and Santali Speaking population

Hmong and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % 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 Hmong and Santali on Hmong vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Santali Language Codes

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

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