Countries
India
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
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.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
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
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Not Available
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Israel, kerala
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
santal
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Santali
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Malayali
  
Origin
20th century
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Malayalam
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
mala1464
  
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
  
Synthetic