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Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Santhali

SOURCE

Indigenous Media Foundation (Nepal)

Santhali
Language Profile

TOTAL SPEAKERS

51,735 in Nepal (2011)
5,940,000 in India

USAGE BY COUNTRY (OFFICIAL LANGUAGE)

Nepal, India, Bangladhesh

BACKGROUND

Indigenous Santhals are found in Jhapa and Morang districts. They are also known as Satar. The language of the Santhals belongs to Austro-Asiatic family. Almost 97 percent of their population (49,858) people speak their mother tongue.