Countries
India
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for the Maltese Language
  
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.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Not Available
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Malti
  
French Name
santal
  
maltais
  
German Name
Santali
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Maltese
  
Origin
20th century
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Santali and Maltese Speaking population
Santali and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. 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 Maltese on Santali vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Maltese Language Codes
Santali and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.