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
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3051
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Chakma
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Hajong
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Rarhi
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
125
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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)
Origin
20th century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
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
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
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-