Countries
India
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
-
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Munda Language
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3049
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
614
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2135
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Henda ho
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Adi Johar
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
দয়া করে
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
দুঃখিত
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Hariau
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Badaga
Where They Speak
India
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Urali
Where They Speak
-
kerala
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Kurumba
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
120
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
6.30 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
6.30 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
santal
kannada
German Name
Santali
Kannada
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Kannadiga
Origin
20th century
c. 450
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Santali
Modern Kannada
Language Position
4131
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
kan
ISO 639 2/B
sat
kan
ISO 639 3
sat
kan
ISO 639 6
sat
kan
Glottocode
sant1410
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-