Countries
India
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Munda Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3024
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2121
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Henda ho
Habari
Thank You
Adi Johar
Asante
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Habari za asubuhi
Please
দয়া করে
tafadhali
Sorry
দুঃখিত
pole
Bye
Hariau
bye
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
nakupenda
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Samahani
Dialect 1
Mahali
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
India
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Not present
Kimrima
Where They Speak
-
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Kimgao
Where They Speak
-
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
112
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.02 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.30 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
6.50 million75.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
santal
swahili
German Name
Santali
Swahili
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
20th century
6th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Swahili
Language Position
4121
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
swa
ISO 639 2/B
sat
swa
ISO 639 3
sat
swa
ISO 639 6
sat
swa
Glottocode
sant1410
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-