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Santali language


Name	Santhali
States	India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan
Speakers	6,050,000
Ethnicity	Santals
Familycolor	Austro-Asiatic
Fam2	Munda
Fam3	North Munda
Fam4	Kherwari
Script	Latin alphabet, Ol Chiki
Iso2	sat\|iso3=sat

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Santhali is a language in the Santhali subfamily of Austro-Asiatic, related to Ho and Mundari. It is spoken by about six million people in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan . 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%. Santhali is spoken by the Santhals.

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