Countries
India
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Munda Language
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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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
Thank you
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
How are you?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Good Night
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Good Morning
Please
Not Available
Please
Sorry
Not Available
Sorry
I Love You
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I love you
Excuse Me
Not Available
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Mahali
American English
Where They Speak
India
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Not Available
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Not Available
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
English
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Not Available
French Name
santal
anglais
German Name
Santali
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Not Available
Origin
20th century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
en
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
sant1410
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Santali and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and English language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs English Difficulty
The Santali vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.