Countries
India
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Munda Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3021
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2120
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Henda ho
Salama!
Thank You
Adi Johar
Misaotra
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Alina tsara
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Maraina tsara
Please
দয়া করে
azafady
Sorry
দুঃখিত
Miala tsiny
Bye
Hariau
Veloma!
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Azafady
Dialect 1
Mahali
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
India
Merina
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
-
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
12
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.28 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million18.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million18.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
santal
malgache
German Name
Santali
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Malagasy people
Origin
20th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Austronesian
Branch
-
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
standard Malagasy
Language Position
4184
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
sat
mlg
ISO 639 3
sat
mlg
ISO 639 6
sat
mlg
Glottocode
sant1410
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
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