Countries
India
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
-
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Munda Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3030
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2124
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 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Henda ho
Ħello
Thank You
Adi Johar
Grazzi
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Kif int?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
দয়া করে
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
দুঃখিত
Skużani!
Bye
Hariau
Ċaw
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Mahali
Qormi
Where They Speak
India
Malta
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Żejtun
Where They Speak
-
Malta
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Not Present
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
12
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Malti
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Malti
French Name
santal
maltais
German Name
Santali
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Maltese
Origin
20th century
c. 1470
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Maltese
Language Position
4125
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
sat
mlt
ISO 639 3
sat
mlt
ISO 639 6
sat
mlt
Glottocode
sant1410
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic