Countries
Countries
Nigeria
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Not Available
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4430
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3221
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5NA
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeksNA
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
sannu
Henda ho
Thank You
gode ku
Adi Johar
How Are You?
yaya dai
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
mai kyau dare
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
barka da yamma
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
-9999
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
Boge Setak’
Please
Don Allah
-9999
Sorry
yi hakuri
-9999
Bye
sai anjima
-9999
I Love You
Ina son ku
-9999
Excuse Me
gafara dai
-9999
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Mahali
Where They Speak
Ghana
India
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Not present
Where They Speak
Niger
Not Available
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Not present
Where They Speak
Niger
Not Available
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
201
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million6.30 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %NA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million6.30 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 millionNA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
haoussa
santal
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
History
Origin
14
20th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hausa
Santali
Language Position
34NA
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ha
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
sat
ISO 639 2/B
hau
sat
ISO 639 3
hau
sat
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
haus1257
sant1410
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available