Countries
India
India, Nepal
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
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
Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Dialect 1
Mahali
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
India
Nepal
Dialect 2
Not present
Madhubani
Where They Speak
-
North India
Dialect 3
Not present
Khortha
Where They Speak
-
Deoghar, France
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
Origin
20th century
14th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
Glottocode
sant1410
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
-
-
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.