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
-
-
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Munda Language
Old German Language
Derived From
-
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3052
18
247
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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
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Henda ho
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
Adi Johar
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
দয়া করে
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
দুঃখিত
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
Hariau
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Not present
Where They Speak
India
-
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Not present
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Not present
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
10
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
6.30 million14.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
6.30 million14.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
santal
sanskrit
German Name
Santali
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
20th century
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Santali
Sanskrit
Language Position
4123
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
-
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
san
ISO 639 2/B
sat
san
ISO 639 3
sat
san
ISO 639 6
sat
san
Glottocode
sant1410
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic