Countries
India
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Munda Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
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Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3021
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2116
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Henda ho
Hoy
Thank You
Adi Johar
Salamat
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Maayong Buntag
Please
দয়া করে
Palihug
Sorry
দুঃখিত
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Hariau
Babay
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Mahali
Boholano
Where They Speak
India
Bohol
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
-
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
North Kana
Where They Speak
-
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
14
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
6.30 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.02 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
6.30 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Visayan
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
santal
cebuano
German Name
Santali
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Cebuano people
Origin
20th century
16th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
4162
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
sat
ceb
ISO 639 3
sat
ceb
ISO 639 6
sat
ceb
Glottocode
sant1410
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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-