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Santali and Thai


Thai and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Thailand  

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  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

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.
  
  • Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
  • You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
32  
21

How Many Consonants
21  
11
44  
33

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

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  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
Not Available  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
Not Available  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
Not Available  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
Not Available  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Isan  

Where They Speak
India  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Not present  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Not present  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.85 %  
23

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
40.00 million  
15

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
santal  
thaï  

German Name
Santali  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
20th century  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Tai  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Thai  

Language Position
Not Available  
47  
34

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
tha  

ISO 639 3
sat  
tha  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
No data available  
47-AAA-b  

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

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Santali and Thai Speaking population

Santali and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. 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 Thai on Santali vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Thai Language Codes

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

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