Countries
India
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
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.
  
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
Not Available
  
Please
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Bhutan
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
santal
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Santali
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
20th century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Dzongkha
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Santali and Dzongkha Speaking population
Santali and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha on Santali vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Dzongkha Language Codes
Santali and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.