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Mongolian and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
China, Mongolia  

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  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

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.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
13  
10

How Many Consonants
21  
11
20  
10

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
Not Available  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
Not Available  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
Not Available  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
Not Available  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
India  
Mongolia  

Dialect 2
Not present  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
123,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Not present  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Mongolia  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

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

French Name
santal  
mongol  

German Name
Santali  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Not Available  

History

Origin
20th century  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Mongolian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
mon  

ISO 639 3
sat  
mon  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 44-BAA-b  

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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