Indo-European · ISO 639-3 soi
Sonha Language
Sonha is an Indo-European language spoken by about 1.5 million people in 1 country.
Where Sonha is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Sonha
About the Sonha language
Sonha is spoken by about 1.5 million people, which makes it the 380th most spoken language in the world — just behind Surgujia (1.5 million) and ahead of Takwane (1.5 million). It belongs to the Indo-European language family and, more precisely, to the Dangaura-Khuna-Sonaha group within the Indo-Iranian branch.
Where is Sonha spoken?
Sonha is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Nepal (1.5 million).
Sonha is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Glottolog classifies it as vulnerable, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Bhojpuri, Maithili, Magahi, Sadri, Hindi, Urdu and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 soi.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.