1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
1.9 Similar To
Munda Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Henda ho
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Adi Johar
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Boge Ninda
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Boge Setak’
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
Not Available
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
Not Available
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
Not Available
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
Not Available
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Not Available
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
6.30 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
6.30 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology