National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
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
Australia, France, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
- 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
Lao Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Khmer
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
Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Cet’leka menama?
Good Evening
ND
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
ND
Not Available
Good Morning
ND
Boge Setak’
I Love You
ND
Not Available
Excuse Me
ND
Not Available
Dialect 1
Northern Khmer
Mahali
Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Khmer Krom
Not present
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Western Khmer
Not present
Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
khmer central
santal
German Name
Kambodschanisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Khmer
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Khmer
Santali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
km
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khme1253
sant1410
Linguasphere
Not Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
Khmer 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 Khmer and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Santali language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khmer vs Santali Difficulty
The Khmer vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer 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 Khmer and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.