Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
India
National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
- 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives
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
ഹലോ (halēā)
Henda ho
Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
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Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Boge Setak’
Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Not Available
Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Not Available
Bye
വിട (viṭa)
Not Available
I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Not Available
Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Not Available
Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam
Mahali
Where They Speak
Israel, kerala
India
Dialect 2
Mappila
Not present
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam
Not present
Where They Speak
France, kerala
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
malayalam
santal
German Name
Malayalam
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Malayali
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
9th Century
20th century
Language Family
Dravidian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early form
No early forms
Standard Forms
Malayalam
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ml
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mala1464
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Santali language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malayalam vs Santali Difficulty
The Malayalam vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam 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 Malayalam and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.