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Santali and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
30   
12
95   
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
30   
20

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya   
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Laya   

Where They Speak
India   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,100.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Not present   
Lunana   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bhutan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Not present   
Adap   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bhutan   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
Not Available   

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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