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Santali and Assamese


Assamese and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Bangladesh, India   

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   
Bangladesh, Bhutan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Asam Sahitya Sabha   

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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   

Similar To
Munda Language   
Bengali and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
11   
8

How Many Consonants
21   
11
41   
30

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
nomoskaar   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
ḍhonyobaaḍ   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
aapuni kene aase?   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
subhoraattri   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
subha gadhuli   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
subha abeli   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
suprobhaat   

Please
Not Available   
anugroha kori   

Sorry
Not Available   
moi ḍukkhita   

Bye
Not Available   
biḍai   

I Love You
Not Available   
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
kyoma koribo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Kamrupi   

Where They Speak
India   
Western Assam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 2
Not present   
Goalpariya   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Western Assam   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Bhakatiya   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Assam   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   

French Name
santal   
assamais   

German Name
Santali   
Assamesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Assamese people   

History

Origin
20th century   
7th century A.D   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Kamarupa   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Assamese   

Language Position
Not Available   
65   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
as   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
asm   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
asm   

ISO 639 3
sat   
asm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
assa1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-w   

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

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Santali and Assamese Speaking population

Santali and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Assamese on Santali vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Assamese Language Codes

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

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