National Language
Japan
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Kana
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Henda ho
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Not Available
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Boge Setak’
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Not Available
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Not Available
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Not Available
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Not Available
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Not Available
Where They Speak
Kagawa
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hakata
Not present
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kansai
Not present
Where They Speak
kansai
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
日本語
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
japonais
santal
German Name
Japanisch
Santali
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
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Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Language Family
Japonic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
sant1410
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Japanese 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 Japanese and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Santali language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Santali Difficulty
The Japanese vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.