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Malaysian and Santali


Santali and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Malaysia   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

Second Language
Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Thailand   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Tamil Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
24   
14
21   
11

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

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hai   
Henda ho   

Thank You
terima kasih   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
Apa khabar?   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
Selamat Petang   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Selamat pagi   
Boge Setak’   

Please
sila   
Not Available   

Sorry
maaf   
Not Available   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
Not Available   

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   
India   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pekal   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Musi   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
24   
20
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million   
10
6.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
Not Available   

Native Speakers
77.00 million   
12
6.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million   
8
Not Available   

Native Name
Bahasa melayu   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

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

French Name
malais   
santal   

German Name
Malaiisch   
Santali   

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
c. 683 AD   
20th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay   
Santali   

Language Position
54   
39
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ms   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
may   
sat   

ISO 639 3
zsm   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1306   
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
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Malaysian and Santali Speaking population

Malaysian and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Santali on Malaysian vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Santali Language Codes

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

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