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Santali and Konkani


Konkani and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal   
India   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
16   
13

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

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

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
Namaskar   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
Not Available   
Chike   

Sorry
Not Available   
Maf kor   

Bye
Not Available   
Adeus   

I Love You
Not Available   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
India   
Goa   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
santal   
konkani   

German Name
Santali   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
20th century   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Kokani   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
kok   

ISO 639 3
sat   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Santali and Konkani Speaking population

Santali and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Santali vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Konkani Language Codes

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

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