ISO 639-3 · satsat
Austroasiatic family
Santali
Santali is a language of the Munda branch (Austroasiatic), spoken in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan. Wikidata counts about 7.2 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Kherwari language of the Austro-Asiatic family spoken by around 6.2 million people in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sat- Glottocode
sant1410- Family
- Austroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 24.30, 87.20
- Wikipedia
- 81 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
5scripts
2levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Santali |
|---|---|
| Also called | Santhali, Santali language, Santal, Santhal language, Santhali language |
| All speakers | 7,200,000 |
| Written in | Ol Chiki, Latin script, Bangla–Assamese script, Devanagari, Odia |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austroasiatic to Santali
The branches above Santali, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Bangladesh
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