Santali and Igbo
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
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Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Munda Language
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
Boge Ninda
ka chi fo
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
ụtụtụ ọma
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Where They Speak
India
Nigeria
Dialect 2
Not present
Ngwa
Where They Speak
-
Nigeria
Dialect 3
Not present
Not present
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
igbo
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Ibo
German Name
Santali
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Igbo people
Origin
20th century
30th Century BC
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ig
Glottocode
sant1410
nucl1417
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Santali and Igbo 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 Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Santali and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Santali are spoken in different Santali Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Santali vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Santali dialects include: Mahali Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Santali and Igbo Speaking population
Santali and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Santali vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Igbo Language Codes
Santali and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.