Countries
India
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Munda Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3033
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2131
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Henda ho
Selam
Thank You
Adi Johar
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
i'ndemin adäru
Please
দয়া করে
i'bakwon
Sorry
দুঃখিত
aznallehu
Bye
Hariau
tschao
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Mahali
Gondar
Where They Speak
India
Gondar
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Gojjami
Where They Speak
-
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Showa
Where They Speak
-
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
15
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million18.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
santal
amharique
German Name
Santali
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Amharas
Origin
20th century
13th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Santali
Amharic
Language Position
4155
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
amh
ISO 639 2/B
sat
amh
ISO 639 3
sat
amh
ISO 639 6
sat
amh
Glottocode
sant1410
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional