Countries
India
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Nigeria
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Yoruba 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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Munda Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3029
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2117
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Henda ho
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
Adi Johar
e dupe
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
e kaasan
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
e kaaro
Please
দয়া করে
Jowo
Sorry
দুঃখিত
binu
Bye
Hariau
bye
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Mahali
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
India
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Ede
Where They Speak
-
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
-
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
120
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
santal
yoruba
German Name
Santali
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Yoruba people
Origin
20th century
4 BC
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Yorùbá
Language Position
4149
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
yor
ISO 639 2/B
sat
yor
ISO 639 3
sat
yor
ISO 639 6
sat
yor
Glottocode
sant1410
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating