Xhosa and Santali
Countries
South Africa
India
National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Munda Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Unjani
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Not Available
Good Morning
Molo
Boge Setak’
Please
Ndicela
Not Available
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Not Available
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Not Available
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Not Available
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Not Available
Where They Speak
South Africa
India
Dialect 2
Thembu
Not present
Where They Speak
South Africa
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Not present
Where They Speak
South Africa
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
isiXhosa
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
16th Century
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Santali
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
xhos1239
sant1410
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Xhosa and Santali Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Xhosa and Santali dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Xhosa and Santali Speaking population
Xhosa and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % 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 Xhosa and Santali on Xhosa vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Santali Language Codes
Xhosa and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.