Countries
India
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Armenian manuscript
  
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
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Not Available
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
santal
  
arménien
  
German Name
Santali
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Armenians
  
Origin
20th century
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic