Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
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
Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- 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
Somali Language
Munda Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3430
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
106
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2421
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
Henda ho
Thank You
Galatoomi
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
Boge Setak’
Please
Maaloo
দয়া করে
Sorry
naa dhiisi
দুঃখিত
Bye
Nagayattii!
Hariau
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Borana
Mahali
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
India
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Not present
Where They Speak
Kenya
-
How Many People Speak
66,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Not present
Where They Speak
Kenya
-
How Many People Speak
13,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
171
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
galla
santal
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
16
20th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Santali
Language Position
9141
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
sat
ISO 639 2/B
orm
sat
ISO 639 3
orm
sat
ISO 639 6
orm
sat
Glottocode
nucl1736
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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