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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

India

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Not Available

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Munda Language

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

30
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Henda ho

3.2 Thank You

Adi Johar

3.3 How Are You?

Cet’leka menama?

3.4 Good Night

Boge Ninda

3.5 Good Evening

Boge Ayup’

3.6 Good Afternoon

Not Available

3.7 Good Morning

Boge Setak’

3.8 Please

Not Available

3.9 Sorry

Not Available

3.10 Bye

Not Available

3.11 I Love You

Not Available

3.12 Excuse Me

Not Available

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Mahali

4.1.1 Where They Speak

India

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Not present

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Not Available

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Not present

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Not Available

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

1
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

6.30 million
Rank: 66 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

6.30 million
Rank: 59 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

संथाली (sãtʰālī)

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal

5.3.4 French Name

santal

5.3.5 German Name

Santali

5.4 Pronunciation

Not Available

5.5 Ethnicity

Santal and Teraibasi Santali

6 History

6.1 Origin

20th century

6.2 Language Family

Austroasiatic Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Not Available

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Santali

6.3.3 Language Position

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

No data available

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

sat

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

sat

7.3 ISO 639 3

sat

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

sant1410

7.6 Linguasphere

No data available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Santali language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Santali language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Santali language states that it was put to use in 20th century. The history of Santali language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Santali Language History. Santali has no early forms. Santali is the standard form of Santali language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Santali Language.

Santali population

Santali population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Santali language. Santali language is spoken by 6.30 million people in the world. Most of the Santali population lies in the Santali Speaking Countries. Santali language is spoken as first language by 6.30 million people and no total count of people speaking Santali as second language. Get to know Santali speaking population in detail.

Santali writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Santali writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Santali language. Some languages share common writing systems. Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya script is used by Santali language. Learn more about . 

Information about Santali language

Check out all the information about Santali language here. You may find it interesting to learn Santali Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Santali Speaking Countries, Santali speaking continents and Santali Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Santali countries knowing common Santali Greetings will help you in communicating with Santali people.