National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Munda Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Thank You
Adi Johar
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Masikati
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Mangwanani
Please
Not Available
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Not Available
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Not Available
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Not Available
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
India
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Not present
Karanga
Where They Speak
Not Available
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Not present
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Not Available
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Santali
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Not Available
Origin
20th century
20th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
Standard Forms
Santali
Not Available
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sn
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Santali and Shona Speaking population
Santali and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Santali vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Shona Language Codes
Santali and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.