Countries
India
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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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, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Munda Language
Urdu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3044
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2133
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
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
Adi Johar
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
দয়া করে
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
দুঃখিত
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
Hariau
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Khariboli
Where They Speak
India
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Marwari
Where They Speak
-
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Bundeli
Where They Speak
-
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
121
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
santal
hindi
German Name
Santali
Hindi
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Hindustani people
Origin
20th century
7th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Hindi
Language Position
415
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
hin
ISO 639 2/B
sat
hin
ISO 639 3
sat
hin
ISO 639 6
sat
hins
Glottocode
sant1410
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic