Santali language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator Santali Spoken in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan Total speakers 6,050,000 Language family Austro-Asiatic Munda North Munda Kherwari Santali Writing system Latin alphabet, Ol Chiki Language codes ISO 639-1 None ISO 639-2 sat ISO 639-3 sat Linguasphere – Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. Santali is a language in the Santali subfamily of Austro-Asiatic, related to Ho and Mundari. It is spoken by about six million people in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutancitation 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 Santals. See also Paul Olaf Bodding Byomkes Chakrabarti Languages of India Languages with official status in India List of Indian languages by total speakers National Translation Mission Further reading Hembram, P. C. (2002). Santhali, a natural language. New Delhi: U. Hembram. Minegishi, M., & Murmu, G. (2001). Santali basic lexicon with grammatical notes. Tōkyō: Institute for the Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. ISBN 4872977912 Newberry, J. (2000). North Munda dialects: Mundari, Santali, Bhumia. Victoria, B.C.: J. Newberry. ISBN 0921599684 Murmu, G., & Das, A. K. (1998). Bibliography, Santali literature. Calcutta: Biswajnan. ISBN 8175250801 Muscat, George, Santali: A New Approach. Sahibganj, Bihar. Ghosh, A. (1994). Santali: a look into Santal morphology. New Delhi: Gyan Pub. House. ISBN 8121204518 Chakrabarti, B. (1992). A comparative study of Santali and Bengali. Calcutta: K.P. Bagchi & Co. ISBN 8170741289 Mitra, P. C. (1988). Santhali, the base of world languages. Calcutta: Firma KLM. Paul Olaf Bodding (1929). A Santal dictionary. Oslo: J. Dybwad. Зограф Г. А. 1960/1990. Языки Южной Азии. М.: Наука (1-е изд., 1960). Лекомцев, Ю. K. 1968. Некоторые характерные черты сантальского предложения // Языки Индии, Пакистана, Непала и Цейлона: материалы научной конференции. М: Наука, 311—321. Bodding, Paul O. 1929/1952. A Santal Grammar for the Beginners, Benagaria: Santal Mission of the Northern Churches (1st edition, 1929). Grierson, Sir George A. (ed.) 1906 (reprinted 1967). The Linguistic Survey of India. Vol.IV. Delhi-Varanasi-Patna. Macphail, R. M. 1964. An Introduction to Santali, Parts I & II. Benagaria: The Santali Literature Board, Santali Christian Council. Maspero, Henri. 1952. Les langues mounda. Meillet A., Cohen M. (dir.), Les langues du monde, P.: CNRS. Neukom, Lukas. 2001. Santali. München: LINCOM Europa. Pinnow, Heinz-Jürgen. 1966. A comparative study of the verb in the Munda languages. Zide, Norman H. (ed.) Studies in comparative Austroasiatic linguistics. London—The Hague—Paris: Mouton, 96-193. Santali Folk Tales: Ed. by Rev. P.O. Bodding. Oslo: Institutet for sammenlingenden kulturforskning, Publikationen. Vol. I—III. 1923—1929 Skrefsrud, L.O. 1873. The Grammar of Santali Language. Benares: Medical Hall Press. Vermeer, Hans J. 1969. Untersuchungen zum Bau zentral-süd-asiatischer Sprachen (ein Beitrag zur Sprachbundfrage). Heidelberg: J. Groos. External links Ethnologue report on Santali "We Santhals" web site English-Santali/Santali-English dictionaries National Translation Mission's(NTM) Santhali Pages v · d · e (Official) Languages of India Union-level Official languages

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