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
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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
