Countries
India
Assam, India
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Munda Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Adi Johar
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
बोडो
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
দয়া করে
अननानै (Onnanwi)
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Dialect 1
Mahali
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
India
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
Dialect 2
Not present
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
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Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
Dialect 3
Not present
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
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Assam, India, Nepal
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
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Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
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Glottocode
sant1410
bodo1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAB
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Santali and Bodo 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 Bodo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Bodo language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Bodo word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Bodo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Bodo Difficulty
The Santali vs Bodo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Bodo 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 Bodo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Bodo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is 44 weeks while to learn Bodo time required is 34 weeks.