Countries
India
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Ghana
  
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
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
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.
  
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
maakye
  
Please
Not Available
  
wae
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Kafra
  
Bye
Not Available
  
bye
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Not Available
  
French Name
santal
  
akan
  
German Name
Santali
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Akan people
  
Origin
20th century
  
15
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Akan
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Santali and Akan Speaking population
Santali and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Santali and Akan on Santali vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Akan Language Codes
Santali and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.