Countries
India
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
-
Balochi Academy, 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Munda Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
-
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3034
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2126
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Henda ho
Salam
Thank You
Adi Johar
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
chone tao?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
jawáin sawáh
Please
দয়া করে
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
দুঃখিত
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Hariau
bye
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Mahali
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
India
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
-
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
-
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
13
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Baluchi
French Name
santal
baloutchi
German Name
Santali
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
20th century
19th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Balochi
Language Position
4139
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
bal
ISO 639 2/B
sat
bal
ISO 639 3
sat
bal
ISO 639 6
sat
bal
Glottocode
sant1410
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-