Santali language

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
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Santali is a language in the Munda subfamily of Austro-Asiatic, related to Ho and Mundari. It is spoken by about six million people in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan^{[citation 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.

[edit] 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 Afurica, 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
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.
Bodding, P. O. (1929). A Santal dictionary. Oslo: J. Dybwad.

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