Countries
Countries
India
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Munda Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3032
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
615
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2117
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
NA3
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
NA24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Henda ho
hallo
Thank You
Adi Johar
Dankie
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Boge Ninda
goeie nag
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
-9999
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
goeie more
Please
-9999
asseblief
Sorry
-9999
jammer
Bye
-9999
-9999
I Love You
-9999
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
-9999
Verskoon my
Dialects
Dialect 1
Mahali
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
How Many People Speak
NANA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Not Available
Namibia
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
13
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million7.10 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NA10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Cape Dutch
French Name
santal
afrikaans
German Name
Santali
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Afrikaners
History
Origin
20th century
17th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
NANA
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
afr
ISO 639 2/B
sat
afr
ISO 639 3
sat
afr
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
sant1410
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic