Santali
Kherwari language of the Austro-Asiatic family spoken by around 6.2 million people in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal
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Summary
Santali is a natural language[1]. Santali draws 1,953 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #126 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Bangladesh[3], India[4], Nepal[5], Bhutan[6]
- Instance of: modern language[7]
- Subclass of: Munda[8]
- Writing system: Ol Chiki[9], Latin script[10], Bangla–Assamese script[11], Devanagari[12], Odia[13], Latin alphabet[14], Bangla alphabet[15]
- Part of: Schedule languages of India[16]
- Commons category: Santali language[17]
- Wikimedia language code: sat[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Santali language[19]
- Described at URL: https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=737[20]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 7,200,000 1[21]
- Has characteristic: Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation in Santali[22]
- Native label: Santali[23], ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ[24], সাঁওতালি[25], চাঁওতালি[26], संथाली भाषा[27], ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ ଭାଷା[28], ਸੰਥਾਲੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ[29], सन्थाली भाषा[30], சந்தாளி மொழி[31], సంతాలి భాష[32]
- UNESCO language status: 2 vulnerable[33]
- Indigenous to: Assam[34], Bihar[35], Jharkhand[36], Mizoram[37], Odisha[38], Tripura[39], West Bengal[40], Santhal Pargana division[41], Mayurbhanj State[42]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SAT[43]
- Ethnologue language status: 4 Educational[44]
- P14541: 2I1gOS[45]
Why It Matters
Santali has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Santali is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]