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Santali and Khmer


Khmer and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, France, United States of America   

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.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
20   
17

How Many Consonants
21   
11
33   
23

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
ND   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
ND   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
ND   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
ND   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
ND   

Please
Not Available   
ND   

Sorry
Not Available   
ND   

Bye
Not Available   
ND   

I Love You
Not Available   
ND   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Northern Khmer   

Where They Speak
India   
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Not present   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Not present   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Cambodia, Thailand   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Cambodian, Khmer   

French Name
santal   
khmer central   

German Name
Santali   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
20th century   
14   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Modern Khmer   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
khm   

ISO 639 3
sat   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
No data available   
Not Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Santali and Khmer Speaking population

Santali and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Khmer on Santali vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Khmer Language Codes

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

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