Igbo and Santali
National Language
Nigeria
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
- 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
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Munda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
ka chi fo
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
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Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
Boge Setak’
Please
Biko
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Bye
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I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
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Excuse Me
ngọpụ
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Where They Speak
Nigeria
India
Dialect 2
Ngwa
Not present
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Not Available
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Not present
Not present
Where They Speak
Not Available
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Speaking Population
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Native Name
igbo
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Ibo
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
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Ethnicity
Igbo people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
30th Century BC
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Kwa
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ig
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nucl1417
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Igbo and Santali Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Igbo and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Santali Speaking population
Igbo and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. 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 Igbo and Santali on Igbo vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Santali Language Codes
Igbo and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.