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Santali and Khasi


Khasi and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Meghalaya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
14   
4

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

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
Kumno   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
Khublei   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
Kumno phi long?   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
thia sukh   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
babha janmiet   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
babha noph-phai-sngi   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
khublei   

Please
Not Available   
Sngewbha   

Sorry
Not Available   
Map   

Bye
Not Available   
khublei   

I Love You
Not Available   
ieit ieit   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
map a nga   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Bhoi   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million   
99+
0.84 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
0.84 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   

French Name
santal   
khasi   

German Name
Santali   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
20th century   
Not Available   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Khasi   

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   
kha   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
kha   

ISO 639 3
sat   
kha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
khas1269   

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

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Santali and Khasi Speaking population

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

Santali and Khasi Language Codes

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

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