Countries
Japan
  
India
  
National Language
Japan
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
japonais
  
santal
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
1185
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Santali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Japanese and Santali Speaking population
Japanese and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Santali on Japanese vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Santali Language Codes
Japanese and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.