Countries
India
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Munda Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3042
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2131
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
Adi Johar
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
দয়া করে
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
দুঃখিত
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
Hariau
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Baleswari
Where They Speak
India
India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Ganjami
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Kosli
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
18
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
6.30 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.02 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
6.30 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
santal
oriya
German Name
Santali
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Odias
Origin
20th century
3 BC
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Odia
Language Position
4132
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
ori
ISO 639 2/B
sat
ori
ISO 639 3
sat
ori
ISO 639 6
sat
ori
Glottocode
sant1410
macr1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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