Countries
Indonesia
India
National Language
Indonesia
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Not spoken in any of the countries
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Munda Language
Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
matur nuwun
Adi Johar
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Boge Setak’
Please
matur nuwun
দয়া করে
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
দুঃখিত
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
Hariau
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Mahali
Where They Speak
Indonesia
India
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Not present
Where They Speak
Indonesia
-
Dialect 3
Arekan
Not present
Where They Speak
Indonesia
-
Native Name
basa Jawa
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
javanais
santal
German Name
Javanisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
450 AD
20th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Javanese
Santali
Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
jv
No data available
Glottocode
java1253
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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Javanese 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 Javanese and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and Santali language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Javanese vs Santali Difficulty
The Javanese vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Santali time required is 44 weeks.