Countries
India
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Munda Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3021
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2119
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Henda ho
Bwakeye
Thank You
Adi Johar
Urakoze
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Mwaramutse
Please
দয়া করে
Ndagusavye
Sorry
দুঃখিত
Ndasubiza
Bye
Hariau
N’agasaga
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Mahali
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
India
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Ha
Where They Speak
-
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Shubi
Where They Speak
-
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
16
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million8.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
santal
rundi
German Name
Santali
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
20th century
1500
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Kirundi
Language Position
4186
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
run
ISO 639 2/B
sat
run
ISO 639 3
sat
run
ISO 639 6
sat
run
Glottocode
sant1410
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
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