Countries
India
  
Assam, India
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Assam, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
Not Available
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
Not Available
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
Nungni khabora ma?
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
  
Please
Not Available
  
अननानै (Onnanwi)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Assam, India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
0.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
0.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
बड़ो (boṛo)
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
  
French Name
santal
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Santali
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔɽo]
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
  
Origin
20th century
  
1913
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
brx
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
bodo1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not 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 Bodo Speaking population
Santali and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bodo 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 Santali and Bodo on Santali vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Bodo Language Codes
Santali and Bodo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Bodo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.