Countries
India
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
-
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Munda Language
Korean Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3099
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2114
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Henda ho
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Adi Johar
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
দয়া করে
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
দুঃখিত
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Hariau
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Sanuki
Where They Speak
India
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Hakata
Where They Speak
-
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Kansai
Where They Speak
-
kansai
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
131
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %1.90 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
6.30 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
日本語
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Nihongo
French Name
santal
japonais
German Name
Santali
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
20th century
1185
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Santali
Japanese
Language Position
418
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
sat
jpn
ISO 639 3
sat
jpn
ISO 639 6
sat
jpn
Glottocode
sant1410
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic