Countries
West Java
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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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-
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3330
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1621
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
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
40 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Henda ho
Thank You
Nuhun
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
Boge Setak’
Please
Mangga
দয়া করে
Sorry
Hapunten
দুঃখিত
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
Hariau
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Punten
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Mahali
Where They Speak
Banten
India
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Not present
Where They Speak
Bogor
-
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Not present
Where They Speak
Bandung
-
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
61
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
soundanais
santal
German Name
Sundanesisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
5th century AD
20th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Santali
Language Position
4241
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
sat
ISO 639 2/B
sun
sat
ISO 639 3
sun
sat
ISO 639 6
sun
sat
Glottocode
sund1251
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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