Countries
India
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Ethiopia
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Ethiopic
  
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
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Not Available
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Not Available
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
santal
  
amharique
  
German Name
Santali
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Amharas
  
Origin
20th century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Santali and Amharic Speaking population
Santali and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Santali vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Amharic Language Codes
Santali and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.