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Santali and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Abkhazia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
2   
1

How Many Consonants
21   
11
60   
36

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   

Please
Not Available   
Not Available   

Sorry
Not Available   
Not Available   

Bye
Not Available   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
Not Available   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
India   
Abkhazia   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Caucasus   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Turkey   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

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

French Name
santal   
abkhaze   

German Name
Santali   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
20th century   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Abkhaz   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
abk   

ISO 639 3
sat   
abk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
abks   

Glottocode
sant1410   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Santali and Abkhaz Speaking population

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

Santali and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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