Countries
India
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
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.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
English-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
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
Good Morning
  
Please
Not Available
  
Please
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Sorry
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Bye
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
India
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Not Available
  
French Name
santal
  
anglais
  
German Name
Santali
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Not Available
  
Origin
20th century
  
5th Century AD
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Standard English
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic