Countries
Indonesia
India
National Language
Indonesia
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Munda Language
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Terima kasih
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
Boge Setak’
Please
mohon Untuk
দয়া করে
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Hariau
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Mahali
Where They Speak
Indonesia
India
Dialect 2
Balinese
Not present
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Not present
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
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Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
indonésien
santal
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Santali
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
7th Century
20th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Santali
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
id
No data available
Glottocode
indo1316
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Santali language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Santali Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Santali time required is 44 weeks.