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Santali vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
0  
15

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  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
34  
24

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  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
Not Available  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
Not Available  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
Not Available  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
Not Available  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
India  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Not present  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
santal  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Santali  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Not Available  

History

Origin
20th century  
19th Century  

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  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
Not Available  
37  
29

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
bho  

ISO 639 3
sat  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-sa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Santali and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Bhojpuri language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Santali and Bhojpuri Language History.

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Santali and Bhojpuri Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Santali and Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Bhojpuri language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Santali vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

The Santali vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Bhojpuri Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Santali and Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.

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