Countries
India
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Devanagari
  
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
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Not Available
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
santal
  
marathe
  
German Name
Santali
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
20th century
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available