Santhali

E38852

Austroasiatic language Munda language language

Santhali is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily by the Santal people in eastern India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austroasiatic language → Munda language → language →
closelyRelatedTo	Ho language → Mundari →
glottologCode	sant1410 →
hasAlternativeName	Santali → Santalī →
hasISO6391Code	sat →
hasISO6392Code	sat →
hasISO6393Code	sat →
hasLiteraryTradition	modern written literature in Ol Chiki →
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative language →
hasNativeSpeakers	millions of speakers →
hasOfficialStatusIn	Assam → Jharkhand → Odisha → West Bengal →
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive nasal vowels → tone-like register distinctions in some dialects →
hasScriptCreator	Raghunath Murmu →
hasWordOrder	SOV →
includedIn	Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India →
languageBranch	Munda →
languageFamily	Austroasiatic →
primaryEthnicGroup	Santal people →
recognizedLanguageStatus	scheduled language of India →
scriptCreationYear	1925 →
spokenInCountry	Bangladesh → Bhutan → India → Nepal →
spokenInIndianState	Assam → Bihar → Jharkhand → Odisha → West Bengal →
spokenInRegion	eastern India →
subfamilyOf	North Munda languages →
usedInEducation	primary education in some Indian states →
usedInMedia	literary publications → newspapers → radio broadcasting →
writingSystem	Bengali script → Devanagari script → Latin script → Odia script → Ol Chiki script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Austroasiatic ("Santali") → Austroasiatic ("Santali language") →	hasLanguage
Santhali ("Santali") →	hasAlternativeName
Eastern India ("Santali") →	hasOfficialLanguage
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India →	languageListed
Austroasiatic ("Santali") →	majorLanguage
Jharkhand ("Santali") →	regionalLanguage
Odia script ("Santali language") →	usedFor
Devanagari script →	usedForLanguage