Countries
India
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Munda Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Adi Johar
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Subax wanaagsan
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Mahali
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
India
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Not present
Benaadir
Where They Speak
-
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Not present
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
-
Standard Somali
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
santal
somali
German Name
Santali
Somali
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Somalis
Origin
20th century
19th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Somali
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
so
Glottocode
sant1410
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Santali and Somali Speaking population
Santali and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 %. 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 Somali on Santali vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Somali Language Codes
Santali and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.