Countries
South Africa
India
National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
goeie nag
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
संध्यायान
Good Morning
goeie more
Boge Setak’
Please
asseblief
দয়া করে
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Mahali
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Not present
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Not present
Where They Speak
Namibia
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Native Name
Afrikaans
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
afrikaans
santal
German Name
Afrikaans
Santali
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
17th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Santali
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
No data available
Glottocode
afri1274
sant1410
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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Afrikaans and Santali Speaking population
Afrikaans and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 %. 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 Afrikaans and Santali on Afrikaans vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Santali Language Codes
Afrikaans and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.