Countries
India
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
-
Speaking Continents
Asia
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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Munda Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3045
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
620
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2125
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Henda ho
नमस्कार
Thank You
Adi Johar
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
बोडो
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
দয়া করে
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
দুঃখিত
दु:खित
Bye
Hariau
Lwrbw
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Mahali
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
India
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
-
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
-
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
13
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million0.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
6.30 million0.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
santal
bodo
German Name
Santali
Bodo
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
20th century
1913
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
-
Standard Forms
Santali
-
Language Position
4130
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
brx
ISO 639 2/B
sat
brx
ISO 639 3
sat
brx
ISO 639 6
sat
brx
Glottocode
sant1410
bodo1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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