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Santali and Japanese


Japanese and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Japan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Palau   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
14   
4

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Not Available   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Not Available   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
Not Available   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
Not Available   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
India   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Not present   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Fukuoka   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
kansai   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Not Available   

French Name
santal   
japonais   

German Name
Santali   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
20th century   
1185   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Japanese   

Language Position
Not Available   
8   
8

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
sat   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
No data available   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Santali and Japanese Speaking population

Santali and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Santali vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Japanese Language Codes

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

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