Countries
India
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
-
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Munda Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3032
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
615
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2117
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Henda ho
hallo
Thank You
Adi Johar
Dankie
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Boge Ninda
goeie nag
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
goeie more
Please
দয়া করে
asseblief
Sorry
দুঃখিত
jammer
Bye
Hariau
Totsiens
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Mahali
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
India
-
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
-
Namibia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
13
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Cape Dutch
French Name
santal
afrikaans
German Name
Santali
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Afrikaners
Origin
20th century
17th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
4123
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
afr
ISO 639 2/B
sat
afr
ISO 639 3
sat
afr
ISO 639 6
sat
afrs
Glottocode
sant1410
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic