National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Thank You
Waita zvako
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Manheru
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Not Available
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Boge Setak’
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Not Available
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Not Available
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Not Available
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Not Available
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
India
Dialect 2
Karanga
Not present
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Not Available
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Not present
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
20th century
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Not Available
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
sant1410
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Shona and Santali Speaking population
Shona and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is Not Available. 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 Shona and Santali on Shona vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Santali Language Codes
Shona and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.