Countries
India
South Africa
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
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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
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Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Mahali
Kaapse Afrikaans
Dialect 2
Not present
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Dialect 3
Not present
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
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Namibia
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
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
af
Glottocode
sant1410
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
Santali and Afrikaans Speaking population
Santali and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Santali and Afrikaans on Santali vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Afrikaans Language Codes
Santali and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.