Countries
India
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Munda Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3037
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2146
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Henda ho
Mhoro
Thank You
Adi Johar
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Manheru
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
Masikati
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Mangwanani
Please
দয়া করে
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
দুঃখিত
Ndineurombo
Bye
Hariau
bye
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Mahali
Hwesa
Where They Speak
India
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Karanga
Where They Speak
-
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Zezuru
Where They Speak
-
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
14
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
santal
shona
German Name
Santali
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Shona people
Origin
20th century
20th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Shona
Language Position
41107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
sna
ISO 639 2/B
sat
sna
ISO 639 3
sat
sna
ISO 639 6
sat
sna
Glottocode
sant1410
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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