Santali and Khasi
Countries
India
Meghalaya
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Regulated By
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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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
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babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
khublei
Please
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Sngewbha
Bye
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khublei
I Love You
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ieit ieit
Excuse Me
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map a nga
Where They Speak
India
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Dialect 2
Not present
Nonglung
Where They Speak
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Dialect 3
Not present
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
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Speaking Population
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Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
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Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
German Name
Santali
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Khasi people
Origin
20th century
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Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Khasi
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sant1410
khas1269
Linguasphere
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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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.
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.
