Countries
India
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
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
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
Not Available
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kartli
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
santal
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Santali
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Georgians
  
Origin
20th century
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Modern Georgian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic