1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.2 National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.3 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.4 Speaking Continents
1.5 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.6 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.7 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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
1.9 Similar To
Munda Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.5.1 How Many Consonants
2.6 Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Bengali
2.7 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.8 Hard to Learn
2.8.1 Language Levels
2.8.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Adi Johar
Yamna nungaijare
3.3 How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
Boge Ninda
Athengba Ahing
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Nongale haugatl
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Not Available
Chatcharage
3.11 I Love You
Not Available
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA273,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Not present
Meithei proper
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,250,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
6.30 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
6.30 million1.50 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
মৈইতৈইলোন
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Meithei people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
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
No data available
No data available
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
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available