Countries
India
  
India
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- 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
Marathi
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
Chike
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Adeus
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
konkani
  
santal
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European 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
Kokani
  
Santali
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
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
  
Konkani and Santali Speaking population
Konkani and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % 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 Konkani and Santali on Konkani vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Konkani and Santali Language Codes
Konkani and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Konkani and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.