Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
India
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Habari
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
pole
  
Not Available
  
Bye
bye
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
swahili
  
santal
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
6th century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Santali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swahili and Santali Speaking population
Swahili and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available 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 Swahili and Santali on Swahili vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Santali Language Codes
Swahili and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.