Countries
India
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Munda Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3047
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2122
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Henda ho
pranam
Thank You
Adi Johar
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Suprabhaat
Please
দয়া করে
kripaya
Sorry
দুঃখিত
maf karai
Bye
Hariau
Alavidā
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
kripaya
Dialect 1
Mahali
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
India
Nepal
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Madhubani
Where They Speak
-
North India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Khortha
Where They Speak
-
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
115
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million32.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million2.80 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
santal
maithili
German Name
Santali
Maithili
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Maithil
Origin
20th century
14th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Maithili
Language Position
4140
1
120
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
mai
ISO 639 2/B
sat
mai
ISO 639 3
sat
mai
ISO 639 6
sat
mai
Glottocode
sant1410
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-