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Santali Language



Countries

Countries
India

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents
Asia

Minority Language
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.

Similar To
Munda Language

Derived From
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
30 12

Phonology

How Many Vowels
6 3

How Many Consonants
21 11

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho

Thank You
Adi Johar

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?

Good Night
Boge Ninda

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’

Good Afternoon
संध्यायान

Good Morning
Boge Setak’

Please
দয়া করে

Sorry
দুঃখিত

Bye
Hariau

I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ

Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali

Where They Speak
India

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00 44

Dialect 2
Not present

Where They Speak
-

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00 44

Dialect 3
Not present

Where They Speak
-

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00 34

Total No. Of Dialects
1 1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million 66

Speaking Population
0.02 % 61

Native Speakers
6.30 million 59

Second Language Speakers
6.50 million 46

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal

French Name
santal

German Name
Santali

Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali

History

Origin
20th century

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family

Subgroup
-

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
No early forms

Standard Forms
Santali

Language Position
41 38

Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language

Scope
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
sat

ISO 639 2/B
sat

ISO 639 3
sat

ISO 639 6
sat

Glottocode
sant1410

Linguasphere
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology
-

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Origin of Santali language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Santali language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Santali language states that it was put to use in 20th century. The history of Santali language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Santali Language History. Santali has no early forms. Santali is the standard form of Santali language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Santali Language.

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Santali population

Santali population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Santali language. Santali language is spoken by 6.30 million people in the world. Most of the Santali population lies in the Santali Speaking Countries. Santali language is spoken as first language by 6.30 million people and as second language by about 6.50 million people. Get to know Santali speaking population in detail.

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Santali writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Santali writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Santali language. Some languages share common writing systems. Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya script is used by Santali language. Learn more about . 

Information about Santali language

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