National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, France, United States of America
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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Munda Language
Lao Language
Derived From
-
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Henda ho
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
Adi Johar
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Boge Ninda
រាត្រីលា
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Bye
Hariau
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
សូមទាញយក
Dialect 1
Mahali
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
India
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Not present
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
-
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Not present
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
-
Cambodia, Thailand
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
santal
khmer central
German Name
Santali
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Santali
Modern Khmer
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
km
Glottocode
sant1410
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
48-ACB
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating
Santali and Khmer 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 Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Khmer language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Khmer Difficulty
The Santali vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Khmer 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 Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.