Countries
India
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Total No. Of Countries
110
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
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Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Munda Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3023
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
69
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2119
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
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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How Many People Speak?
6.30 million231.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.02 %3.27 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
6.30 million216.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
6.50 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Português
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Português
French Name
santal
portugais
German Name
Santali
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Portuguese people or portugueses