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Language code: sat

Technical information about ISO 639 language code sat

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The table below provides technical details for the Santali language, designated by the sat code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

sat

Name

Santali

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Northern SantaliSouthern SantaliEastern SantaliWestern Santali
Related languages
MundariHoKodaBhumijSora
Key facts
Ol Chiki, invented in 1925 by Pandit Raghunath Murmu, is the only script created specifically for SantaliSantali is the most widely spoken Austro-Asiatic language in South Asia, with more than seven million speakersIts rich verbal morphology marks both subject and object agreement within a single verb wordOral traditions include extensive narrative poetry and songs performed with tamak’ and tumda’ drumsThe language maintains a set of nasalized vowels and aspirated stops that illustrate conservative phonological features within the Munda branch.
Sample phrase

ᱡᱚᱦᱟᱨ, ᱱᱤᱱᱰᱟ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Santali language, identified by the code sat, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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