Santali and Xhosa
Countries
India
South Africa
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Munda Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Adi Johar
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Unjani
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Molo
Please
Not Available
Ndicela
Sorry
Not Available
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Not Available
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Not Available
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Not Available
Uxolo
Where They Speak
India
South Africa
Dialect 2
Not present
Thembu
Where They Speak
Not Available
South Africa
Dialect 3
Not present
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Not Available
South Africa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
German Name
Santali
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
20th century
16th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
xh
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Santali and Xhosa Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Santali and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Santali and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Santali are spoken in different Santali Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Santali vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Santali dialects include: Mahali Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Santali and Xhosa Speaking population
Santali and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Santali and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Santali and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Santali vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Santali and Xhosa Language Codes
Santali and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Santali and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.