Countries
India
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
-
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Munda Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3052
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
616
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2136
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Henda ho
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Adi Johar
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
দয়া করে
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
দুঃখিত
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Hariau
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
India
Kokan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Varhadi
Where They Speak
-
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
-
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
142
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
santal
marathe
German Name
Santali
Marathi
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Marathi people
Origin
20th century
10th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Santali
Marathi
Language Position
4117
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
mar
ISO 639 2/B
sat
mar
ISO 639 3
sat
mar
ISO 639 6
sat
mar
Glottocode
sant1410
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-