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Name:
Santali
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Hor; Har; Satar; Santhali; Sandal; Sangtal; Santal; Sentali; Samtali; Santhiali; Sonthal; Santhal; Sainti
Spoken in:
Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Bhutan
Number of speakers:
5,960,000 in India (1997). Population total all countries: 6,170,900
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
40260
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
6156260
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
sat
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Austro-Asiatic
Parent Subgroup:
Santali (sant)
Child Dialects:
Karmali; Kohle; Khole; Kɔlhɛ (sat-kar)
Lohari-Santali (sat-loh)
Mahali; Mahili; Mahli (sat-mah)
Manjhi (sat-man)
Paharia (sat-pah)
Kamari-Santali (sat-kam)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
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