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Santali language

Spoken language
Santali, Bengali: সাঁওতালী, Odia: ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ, Devanagari: संताली, also known as Santal or Santhali, is the most widely-spoken language of the Munda subfamily of the Austroasiatic languages, related to Ho and Mundari, spoken mainly in the Indian... Wikipedia
Region: Asia
Dialects: Mahali (Mahili); Kamari-Santali; Khole; Lohari-Santali; Manjhi; Paharia
Ethnicity: Santal
ISO 639-3: Either: – Santali; – Mahali
Language family: Austroasiatic > Munda > East > Kherwarian > Santal > Santali
Native speakers: 7.6 million (2011 census)
Native to: India, Bangladesh, Nepal