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Navajo and Santali


Santali and Navajo


Countries

Countries
United States of America   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
United States of America   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
North America   
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
  • Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
  • Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
  
  • 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
Apache Language   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
34   
24
21   
11

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

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Yá'át'ééh   
Henda ho   

Thank You
Ahéhee'   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní   
Boge Setak’   

Please
T'aa shoodi   
Not Available   

Sorry
Not available   
Not Available   

Bye
Hágoónee’   
Not Available   

I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
Shoohá   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navajo1   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
Arizona   
India   

Dialect 2
Navajo2   
Not present   

Where They Speak
New Mexico   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Navajo3   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Utah   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.70 million   
99+
6.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

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

French Name
navaho   
santal   

German Name
Navajo-Sprache   
Santali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Navajo people   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
1500 CE   
20th century   

Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Athapascan   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Navajo   
Santali   

Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nv   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nav   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
nav   
sat   

ISO 639 3
nav   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nava1243   
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
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Navajo 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 Navajo and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Navajo and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Navajo are spoken in different Navajo Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Navajo vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Navajo dialects include: Navajo1, Navajo2. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Navajo and Santali Speaking population

Navajo and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Navajo and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Navajo and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Navajo language is Not Available 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 Navajo and Santali on Navajo vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Navajo and Santali Language Codes

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

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