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Countries

Countries

India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Bangladesh, India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

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Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

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.
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.

Similar To

Munda Language
Assamese and Oriya

Derived From

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Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3051
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

611
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2140
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

62
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Henda ho
হ্যালো (Hyālō)

Thank You

Adi Johar
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)

How Are You?

Cet’leka menama?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)

Good Night

Boge Ninda
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)

Good Evening

Boge Ayup’
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)

Good Afternoon

संध्यायान
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)

Good Morning

Boge Setak’
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)

Please

দয়া করে
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)

Sorry

দুঃখিত
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)

Bye

Hariau
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)

I Love You

ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)

Excuse Me

ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mahali
Chakma

Where They Speak

India
Bangladesh, Burma, India

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Not present
Hajong

Where They Speak

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Bangladesh, India

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.0071,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Rarhi

Where They Speak

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India

How Many People Speak

6,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

125
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

6.30 million215.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.02 %3.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

6.30 million196.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.50 million19.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

संथाली (sãtʰālī)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)

Alternative Names

Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa

French Name

santal
bengali

German Name

Santali
Bengali

Pronunciation

[sɑnˈtɑli]
[ˈbeŋɡali]

Ethnicity

Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Bengalis (Bengali people)

History

Origin

20th century
1000–1200 CE

Language Family

Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Indo-Iranian

Branch

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Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali

Standard Forms

Santali
Bengali

Language Position

414
1 120
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Signed Forms

Santali Sign Language
Signed Bengali

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
bn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sat
ben

ISO 639 2/B

sat
ben

ISO 639 3

sat
ben

ISO 639 6

sat
ben

Glottocode

sant1410
beng1280

Linguasphere

No data available
59-AAF-u

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

-
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Santali and Bengali Alphabets

Santali and Bengali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Santali and Bengali. In Santali Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters. To learn Santali and Bengali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Santali and Bengali languages. The Santali phonology consist Santali vowels and Santali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Santali greetings vs Bengali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Santali and Bengali are Most Spoken Languages.

All Santali and Bengali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Santali and Bengali dialects. Various dialects of Santali and Bengali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Santali are spoken in different Santali Speaking Countries whereas Bengali Dialects are spoken in different Bengali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Santali vs Bengali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Santali dialects include: Mahali Bengali dialects include: Chakma , Hajong. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Santali and Bengali Speaking population

Santali and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Santali vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Bengali Language Codes

Santali and Bengali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Bengali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.