Countries
India
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Kannada 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
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Not Available
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
santal
  
kannada
  
German Name
Santali
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
20th century
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available