National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
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Dzongkha Development Commission
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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Munda Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
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Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Henda ho
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
Adi Johar
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Tsip maza
Where They Speak
India
Bhutan
Dialect 2
Not present
Lunana
Where They Speak
-
Bhutan
Dialect 3
Not present
Adap
Where They Speak
-
Bhutan
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
santal
dzongkha
German Name
Santali
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Ngalop people
Origin
20th century
17th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
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Glottocode
sant1410
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Santali and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Dzongkha language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Santali vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is 38 weeks.