Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
India
National Language
Portugal
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- 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
Spanish and Galician Languages
Munda Language
Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
obrigado
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Como você está?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
boa noite
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
boa Noite
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
संध्यायान
Good Morning
bom Dia
Boge Setak’
Please
Por Favor
দয়া করে
I Love You
Eu te amo
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
desculpe me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Mahali
Where They Speak
Brazil
India
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Not present
Where They Speak
Portugal
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Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Not present
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
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Native Name
Português
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Português
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
portugais
santal
German Name
Portugiesisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
3rd Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Santali
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
pt
No data available
Glottocode
port1283
sant1410
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Santali language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Santali Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Santali time required is 44 weeks.