Countries
Assam, India
  
India
  
National Language
Assam, India
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not Available
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not Available
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
- 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
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Not Available
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
Not Available
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
  
India
  
Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.60 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.60 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
Not Available
  
santal
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
1913
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Santali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
Not Available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
brx
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bodo1269
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
Not Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Bodo and Santali Speaking population
Bodo and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bodo and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Bodo and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bodo and Santali on Bodo vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bodo and Santali Language Codes
Bodo and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bodo and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.