Countries
Fiji, India
India
National Language
India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Urdu
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Henda ho
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Not Available
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Boge Setak’
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Not Available
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
Not Available
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
Not Available
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Not Available
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Not Available
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Mahali
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Marwari
Not present
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Not present
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
हिन्दी
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
German Name
Hindi
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
7th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hi
No data available
ISO 639 6
hins
Not Available
Glottocode
hind1269
sant1410
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Hindi and Santali Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hindi and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Santali language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Santali Difficulty
The Hindi vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi Alphabets and Santali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hindi and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.