Countries
India
India, Manipur
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
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
Alphabets in
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Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Eina nangbu nungsi
Where They Speak
India
Burma, Laos
Dialect 2
Not present
Pangal
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, India
Dialect 3
Not present
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Meithei
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
Glottocode
sant1410
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Santali and Meithei Speaking population
Santali and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 %. 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 Meithei on Santali vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Meithei Language Codes
Santali and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.