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
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
pranam
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
mait1250
  
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
  
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.