Countries
India
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Munda Language
Thai and Lao Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3074
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
614
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2160
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
69
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Henda ho
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
Adi Johar
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
zoo hmo
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
zoo tav su
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
দয়া করে
thov
Sorry
দুঃখিত
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
Hariau
Nyob zoo
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Mahali
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
India
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00310,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
-
China
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,600,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
-
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0031,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
16
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million4.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million3.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million4.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Hmong
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Mong
French Name
santal
hmong
German Name
Santali
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[môŋ]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Hmong people
Origin
20th century
19
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Hmong
Language Position
4124
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Hmong Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
hmn
ISO 639 2/B
sat
hmn
ISO 639 3
sat
hmv
ISO 639 6
sat
hmn
Glottocode
sant1410
firs1234
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
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