Countries
India
India, Nepal
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Munda Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
Adi Johar
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Not Available
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Suprabhaat
Please
Not Available
kripaya
Sorry
Not Available
maf karai
Bye
Not Available
Alavidā
I Love You
Not Available
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Not Available
kripaya
Dialect 1
Mahali
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
India
Nepal
Dialect 2
Not present
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Not Available
North India
Dialect 3
Not present
Khortha
Where They Speak
Not Available
Deoghar, France
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
santal
maithili
German Name
Santali
Maithili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Maithil
Origin
20th century
14th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Maithili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Santali and Maithili Speaking population
Santali and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Santali vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Maithili Language Codes
Santali and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.