Countries
India
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Munda Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3027
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2115
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Henda ho
Khurumjari
Thank You
Adi Johar
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Nongale haugatl
Please
দয়া করে
Chanbiduna
Sorry
দুঃখিত
Saobiganu
Bye
Hariau
Chatcharage
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Mahali
Loi
Where They Speak
India
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Pangal
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
16
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
santal
Meithei
German Name
Santali
Meithei
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Meithei people
Origin
20th century
1700
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Meithei
Language Position
4138
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
mni
ISO 639 2/B
sat
mni
ISO 639 3
sat
mni
ISO 639 6
sat
mni
Glottocode
sant1410
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
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