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Konkani and Santali


Santali and Konkani


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
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

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

Alphabets
52   
31
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
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
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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