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Santali and Maithili


Maithili and Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
pranam  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
Suprabhaat  

Please
দয়া করে  
kripaya  

Sorry
দুঃখিত  
maf karai  

Bye
Hariau  
Alavidā  

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
India  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Not present  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
-  
North India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Not present  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
-  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million  
99+
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
santal  
maithili  

German Name
Santali  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Maithil  

History

Origin
20th century  
14th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
41  
38
40  
37

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
mai  

ISO 639 3
sat  
mai  

ISO 639 6
sat  
mai  

Glottocode
sant1410  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Santali and Maithili 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 Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Santali and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Santali are spoken in different Santali Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Santali vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Santali dialects include: Mahali Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Santali and Maithili Speaking population

Santali and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Santali vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Santali and Maithili Language Codes

Santali and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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