Countries
Countries
India
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
1
14
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Nigeria
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
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Not Available
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Munda Language
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
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Alphabets
30
12
36
18
Phonology
How Many Vowels
6
3
8
5
How Many Consonants
21
11
28
18
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
Not Available
3
2
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
52 weeks
12
Greetings
Hello
Henda ho
kedụ
Thank You
Adi Johar
dalụ
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
Boge Ninda
ka chi fo
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
Not Available
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
Not Available
Biko
Sorry
Not Available
Ndo
Bye
Not Available
Not Available
I Love You
Not Available
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
Not Available
ngọpụ
Dialects
Dialect 1
Mahali
Enuani
Where They Speak
India
Nigeria
Dialect 2
Not present
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
1,500,000.00
22
Dialect 3
Not present
Not present
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
1
1
20
18
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
99+
25.00 million
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Speakers
6.30 million
99+
25.00 million
32
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
igbo
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Ibo
French Name
santal
igbo
German Name
Santali
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Igbo people
History
Origin
20th century
30th Century BC
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Kwa
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Igbo
Language Position
Not Available
57
99+
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
ig
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sat
ibo
ISO 639 2/B
sat
ibo
ISO 639 3
sat
ibo
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
nucl1417
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
