Countries
India
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Munda Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Henda ho
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Adi Johar
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Not Available
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Not Available
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Not Available
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Not Available
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
Not Available
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
India
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
Not present
Mappila
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
Dialect 3
Not present
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Not Available
France, kerala
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
santal
malayalam
German Name
Santali
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Malayali
Origin
20th century
9th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Santali
Malayalam
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ml
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Santali and Malayalam 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 Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Malayalam language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Santali vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Malayalam 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 Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.