Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
India
National Language
India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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Interesting Facts
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
- 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
Konkani Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Henda ho
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
संध्यायान
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Boge Setak’
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
দয়া করে
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
দুঃখিত
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
Mahali
Where They Speak
Kokan
India
Dialect 2
Varhadi
Not present
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
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Dialect 3
Khandeshi
Not present
Where They Speak
Khandesh
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Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
marathe
santal
German Name
Marathi
Santali
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Marathi people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
10th century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Marathi
Santali
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
mr
No data available
Glottocode
mara1378
sant1410
Linguasphere
omr
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Marathi 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 Marathi and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marathi and Santali language. Marathi word for "Hello" is हॅलो (Hĕlō) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Marathi Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marathi vs Santali Difficulty
The Marathi vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marathi 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 Marathi and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marathi and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marathi is 4 weeks while to learn Santali time required is 44 weeks.