Countries
India
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
India
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Munda Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3043
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2134
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Henda ho
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Adi Johar
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
দয়া করে
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
দুঃখিত
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Hariau
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
India
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
-
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
113
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
santal
bhojpuri
German Name
Santali
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Bhojpuri speakers
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
Bhojpuri
Language Position
4137
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
bho
ISO 639 2/B
sat
bho
ISO 639 3
sat
bho
ISO 639 6
sat
bho
Glottocode
sant1410
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-