Countries
India
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Devanagari
  
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
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
Not Available
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
santal
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Santali
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Not Available
  
Origin
20th century
  
19th 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Bhojpuri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available