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Santali and Balochi


Balochi and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Iran   

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   
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
  • Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Kurdish and Persian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
26   
16

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya   
Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
Salam   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
mana bebahgsh   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
chone tao?   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
jawáin shap   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
jawáin begáh   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
jawáin sawáh   

Please
Not Available   
Mihrabani kan   

Sorry
Not Available   
bebaksh / bebagsh   

Bye
Not Available   
bye   

I Love You
Not Available   
Tu mana doost biyeh   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
mana bebahgsh   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Eastern Balochi   

Where They Speak
India   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
17

Dialect 2
Not present   
Western Balochi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Not present   
Southern Balochi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,400,000.00   
10

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
7.60 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
بلوچی   

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

French Name
santal   
baloutchi   

German Name
Santali   
Belutschisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui   

History

Origin
20th century   
19th Century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Balochi   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
bal   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
bal   

ISO 639 3
sat   
bal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
balo1260   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Santali and Balochi Speaking population

Santali and Balochi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Balochi languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Balochi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Balochi language is 0.11 %. 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 Balochi on Santali vs Balochi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Balochi Language Codes

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

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