Countries
Fiji, India
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
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Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4430
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
116
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3321
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Henda ho
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
संध्यायान
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Boge Setak’
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
দয়া করে
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
দুঃখিত
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
Hariau
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Mahali
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
India
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Marwari
Not present
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
-
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Not present
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
-
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
211
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.70 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
260.00 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
हिन्दी
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
hindi
santal
German Name
Hindi
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
7th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Santali
Language Position
541
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hi
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
sat
ISO 639 2/B
hin
sat
ISO 639 3
hin
sat
ISO 639 6
hins
sat
Glottocode
hind1269
sant1410
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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