Countries
India
South Africa
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Munda Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Adi Johar
Dankie
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Boge Ninda
goeie nag
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
goeie more
Please
Not Available
asseblief
Sorry
Not Available
jammer
Bye
Not Available
Not Available
I Love You
Not Available
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Not Available
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Mahali
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Not Available
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Cape Dutch
French Name
santal
afrikaans
German Name
Santali
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Afrikaners
Origin
20th century
17th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
af
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
sant1410
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
Santali and Afrikaans 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 Santali and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Afrikaans language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Santali vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Afrikaans 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 Santali and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.