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Japanese and Santali


Santali and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
14  
4
21  
11

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
Boge Setak’  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Not Available  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Not Available  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Not Available  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Not present  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
Not Available  

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
japonais  
santal  

German Name
Japanisch  
Santali  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
1185  
20th century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Santali  

Language Position
8  
8
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
sat  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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Japanese and Santali Speaking population

Japanese and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Santali on Japanese vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Santali Language Codes

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

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