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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:
ISO 639-3: sat

Santali is a language in the Munda subfamily of Austro-Asiatic, related to Ho and Mundari. A language is a dynamic set of visual auditory or tactile Symbols of Communication and the elements used to manipulate them The Munda languages are a Language family spoken by about nine million people in central and eastern India and Bangladesh. The Austro-Asiatic languages are a large Language family of Southeast Asia, and also scattered throughout India and Bangladesh. Ho (also known as Bihar Ho and Lanka Kol) is a Munda language of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in India It is spoken by about six million people in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. The Kingdom of Bhutan (buːˈtɑːn is a Landlocked nation in South Asia. Most of its speakers live in India, in the states of Jharkhand, Assam, Bihar, Orissa, Tripura, and West Bengal. Jharkhand ( Hindi: झारखंड Bengali: ঝাড়খণ্ডdʒʰaːɽkʰəɳɖ is a state in eastern India. Assam) ( Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a suburb of the city Bihar ( Hindi:बिहार Urdu: بہار bɪhaːr) is a state in eastern India. Orissa (ଓଡ଼ିଶା is a state located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. ( Bengali script: ত্রিপুরা is a state in North-East India. West Bengal ( Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchim Bônggo poʃtʃim bɔŋgo is a state in eastern India. It has its own alphabet, known as Ol Chiki, but literacy is very low, between 10 and 30%. An alphabet is a standardized set of letters basic written symbols each of which roughly represents a Phoneme, a Spoken language, either The Ol Chiki script also known as Ol Cemetʼ ("language of writing" Ol Ciki, Ol (and sometimes as the Santali alphabet) was traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write or the ability to use Language to read, write, listen, Santali is spoken by the Santals. The Santals (also spelled as Santhal; formerly also Sonthal are the largest tribal community in India, found mainly in the states of West Bengal,

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India is home to several hundred languages. Most languages spoken in India belong either to the Indo-European ( ca Paul Olaf Bodding (* Gjøvik, Norway on 2nd November 1865 † Odense, Denmark on 25th September 1938 was a Norwegian Missionary, Dr Byomkes Chakrabarti (also spelled Byomkesh Chakraborty or Byomkesh Chakrabarty) (1923–1981 was a Bengali
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