Santali language
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| Santali | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spoken in: | India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan | |
| Total speakers: | 6,050,000 | |
| Language family: | Austro-Asiatic Munda Santali |
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| Writing system: | Latin alphabet, Ol Chiki | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | — | |
| ISO 639-3: | sat | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Santali is a language in the Munda subfamily of Austro-Asiatic, related to Ho and Mundari. It is spoken by about six million people in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan[citation needed]. Most of its speakers live in India, in the states of Jharkhand, Assam, Bihar, Orissa, Tripura, and West Bengal. It has its own alphabet, known as Ol Chiki, but literacy is very low, between 10 and 30%. Santali is spoken by the Santhals.
[edit] See also
- Languages of India
- List of national languages of India
- List of Indian languages by total speakers
- Paul Olaf Bodding
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