Countries
India
Fiji, India
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Central Hindi Directorate
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 Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Munda Language
Urdu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Henda ho
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
Adi Johar
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
দয়া করে
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Bye
Hariau
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Khariboli
Where They Speak
India
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Dialect 2
Not present
Marwari
Where They Speak
-
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Dialect 3
Not present
Bundeli
Where They Speak
-
Bundelkhand
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
German Name
Santali
Hindi
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Hindustani people
Origin
20th century
7th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Hindi
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
hi
Glottocode
sant1410
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic
Santali and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Hindi language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Hindi Difficulty
The Santali vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.