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Santali and Punjabi


Punjabi and Santali


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, 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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Munda Language   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
21   
11
41   
30

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

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   
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
Adi Johar   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
Boge Ninda   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
Boge Setak’   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
Not Available   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
Not Available   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
Not Available   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
Not Available   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
India   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Not present   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Not present   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million   
99+
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
6.30 million   
99+
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
santal   
pendjabi   

German Name
Santali   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
20th century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Santali   
Modern Punjabi   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
sat   
pan   

ISO 639 3
sat   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sant1410   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Santali and Punjabi Speaking population

Santali and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Santali vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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