Countries
Countries
India
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Munda Language
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3044
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2132
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
NA5
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
NA44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Henda ho
sannu
Thank You
Adi Johar
gode ku
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
yaya dai
Good Night
Boge Ninda
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
-9999
barka da rana
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
mai kyau safe
Please
-9999
Don Allah
Sorry
-9999
yi hakuri
Bye
-9999
sai anjima
I Love You
-9999
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
-9999
gafara dai
Dialects
Dialect 1
Mahali
Gaananci
Where They Speak
India
Ghana
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Not Available
Niger
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Not Available
Niger
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
120
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million50.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NA0.52 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million35.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
santal
haoussa
German Name
Santali
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Hausa–Fulani people
History
Origin
20th century
14
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Chadic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Hausa
Language Position
NA34
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
hau
ISO 639 2/B
sat
hau
ISO 639 3
sat
hau
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
haus1257
Linguasphere
No data available
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional