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Oriya and Santali


Santali and Oriya


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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
  • 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
Bengali and Assamese   
Munda Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42   
22
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
6   
3

How Many Consonants
31   
21
21   
11

Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   
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
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   
Henda ho   

Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   
Adi Johar   

How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   
Cet’leka menama?   

Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   
Boge Ninda   

Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   
Boge Ayup’   

Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   
Boge Setak’   

Please
Not Available   
Not Available   

Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   
Not Available   

Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   
Not Available   

I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   
Not Available   

Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Baleswari   
Mahali   

Where They Speak
India   
India   

Dialect 2
Ganjami   
Not present   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kosli   
Not present   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
520,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
33.00 million   
34
6.30 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
6.30 million   
99+

Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   

Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   

French Name
oriya   
santal   

German Name
Oriya-Sprache   
Santali   

Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Odias   
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   

History

Origin
3 BC   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Odia   
Santali   

Language Position
32   
26
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
or   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ori   
sat   

ISO 639 2/B
ori   
sat   

ISO 639 3
ori   
sat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
macr1269   
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 Oriya 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 Oriya and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Oriya and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oriya are spoken in different Oriya Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oriya vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oriya dialects include: Baleswari, Ganjami. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Oriya and Santali Speaking population

Oriya and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oriya and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Oriya and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 % 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 Oriya and Santali on Oriya vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Oriya and Santali Language Codes

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

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