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Santali and Cantonese


Cantonese and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
China, Guangdong   

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   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
您好   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
你好吗?   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
晚安   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
下午好   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
早上好   

Please
Not Available   
请   

Sorry
Not Available   
遗憾   

Bye
Not Available   
再见   

I Love You
Not Available   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
India   
outside mainland China   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Hong Kong   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Hong Kong   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
santal   
Not Available   

German Name
Santali   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Not Available   

History

Origin
20th century   
17th century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Standard Cantonese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
sat   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Santali and Cantonese Speaking population

Santali and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Santali vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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