Santali in India

Speakers

7,368,192

Type

Location

Santali in India

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Santali in India

Size

7,368,192

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
Yes
Indigenous language
Yes
Administrative units of the country
Jharkhand, West Bengal

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Elaborated material is available in Santhali langauge in the form of textbooks, dictionaries, magazines and others.
https://www.pdfdrive.com/download.pdf?id=186248763&h=165ec163b17a5ac2e05ac0d572f51f36&u=cache&ext=pdf

मूलभूत प्रशासनिक शब्दावली (अंग्रेजी-संथाली). Fundamental Administrative Terminology (English-Santhali)
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=BDE25CB9501E07F079DBD040A26629D4

Lepej Tiril | A Santali Essay Book
https://bharatavani.in/bharatavani/home/book?id=Lepej%20Tiril%20|%20A%20Santali%20Essay%20Book

A Framework for Learning and Understanding Santali in Ol Chiki Script. ᱚᱞ ᱪᱤᱠᱤ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ ᱪᱮᱫᱚᱜ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱩᱡᱷᱟᱹᱣ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱨᱩᱯᱼᱨᱮᱠᱷᱟ - Hansdah R. C., Murmu N. C.
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=0DC06DE8F5F1DE93106B1620B8886047

The Meaning of Difficult word in Santali (Santali-Santali-English). ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱟᱸᱴ ᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱮᱱᱮᱛ (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ—ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ—ᱤᱝᱜᱽᱞᱤᱥ) [1 ed.] - Tudu B. C., Murmu K.
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=395C82E80AD22158834C57CDBC0E0070

Santali Grammar (in Bengali) – Jagneswar, S.
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=165EC163B17A5AC2E05AC0D572F51F36

List of Santali Magazines
https://wesanthals.tripod.com/id25.html
https://birmali.com/

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Video

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Cultural videos, dance, songs, folktales and other videos are available in Santali
Santhal Tribe | Tribes of India – Prasar Bharati Archives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE91lGeGRKk

JOHAR | An Ethnographic Documentary on Santhals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5EZ0MNt70w

WIKITONGUES: Sathi speaking Santhali
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzUaooThBzI

The Sound of the Santali language (Numbers, Greetings, Words & Sample Text)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_QHCFwBFl0

BURU KOCHA KULI -Santali Movie- DAGAR TUDU & LAXMAN SOREN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5CQ9v_jVEg

Dharam Darbar-Santali Feature Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmL8FRkS7M0

Arjun Full Film | Santhali Film | Raj Da & Reshmika Hembrom | Shipra Films Entertainment | Sollywood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pPv3Ndj0VE

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Audio

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Audio material about culture, language and other domains is available in Santali language.

https://lai.ciil.org/browse/language?value=Santali

Interview with Damayanti Beshra: Self-Introduction In Santali
https://archive.org/details/nani-ma-damayanti-besra-santali-intro
https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/sat

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Documentation: descriptions

  • Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
  • Dictionaries and grammars
  • Dictionary and grammar
  • Glossary and descriptions
  • Few descriptions
  • No descriptions
Digital
Yes
Comments
https://archive.org/details/aau0434.0001.001.umich.edu/page/28/mode/2up

A Glimpse of Santali Phonology [New ed.] – Hembram B. C.
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=989A6E84F3A8AE4855F1BD6CF841C4DB

A Glimpes of Santali Grammar – Hembram B. C.
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=933C4165A9D096B305FA400DFFD9E1FA

Santhali, the base of world languages – Mitra P. C.
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=D72D4DCC71EB72C97B082B10A52DF753

English-Santali Dictionary - Campbell A.
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=0503357108FEC20B8391861BAAF75AA4

A Concise English-Santali and Santali-English Dictionary - Hansdah R.C., Murmu N.C.
https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=73577DDC73DCE29E8BE3526BBF4CA0F3

Santali Skeleton Grammar
https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_sat_morsyn-1

Santali Genesis Translation
https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_sat_gen-1

Santali Glossed Text
https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_sat_vertxt-1

Santali Swadesh List
https://archive.org/details/rosettaproject_sat_swadesh-1

Santạli primer- F. T. Cole, Rev F T Cole
https://archive.org/details/santliprimer00colegoog/mode/2up


Standardization

  • Modern standard language
  • Young standard language
  • Standardised language
  • Quasi-standard language
  • Semi-standardised language
  • Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

  • Standardised writing system with full script encoding
  • Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
  • Consistent writing system with no script encoding
  • Unsystematic writing system(s)
  • Limited written use
  • No written use
Comments
Santali is mainly written with Ol Chiki Script. Odia, Bengali, Devnagari and Latin scripts are also used in writing Santali.

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Size / Number of users

Number of users

7368192
Source
Census of India
Year
2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope
  • International
  • Supranational
  • Cross-border (states)
  • State-wide
  • Supra-regional cross-border
  • Supra-regional
  • Regional cross-border
  • Regional
  • Local

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration
  • International level
  • National level
  • Regional level
  • Local level
  • Auxiliary use
  • No use

Types of language use

  • signed / spoken use
  • written use
  • digital use

Language is used for

  • Census data
  • Census surveys
  • Election processes
  • Topographical signs

Ethnoculture

  • No use
  • Informal learning
  • Skills and knowledge
  • Performing arts
  • Social practices
  • Customary law
  • Traditional medicine
  • Knowledge and practices
  • Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

  • Language not used
  • Translations
  • Healthcare information
  • Nursing care (incl. elderly)
  • Doctor-patient communication
  • Generally used

Information, communication and cultural production

  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used

Legal system

Language use in the legal system
  • General use
  • Legal transactions
  • Court proceedings
  • Written submissions
  • Spoken/signed testimonies
  • Language not used

Areas of law the language is used

  • Criminal law
  • Civil law
  • Administrative law

Geographical scope of legal language use

  • Local
  • Regional
  • National
  • International

Completion