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Santali vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

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.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
30  
20

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Not Available  

Please
Not Available  
Not Available  

Sorry
Not Available  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Not Available  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Not Available  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Laya  

Where They Speak
India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
Not Available  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.47 million  
37

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
santal  
dzongkha  

German Name
Santali  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not available  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
20th century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Dzongkha  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
sat  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sant1410  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

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 Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Dzongkha language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Dzongkha Language History.

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Santali and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Dzongkha language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Santali vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Santali vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.

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