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
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Munda Language
Old German Language
Derived From
-
Prakrit 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
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
Adi Johar
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
দয়া করে
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
দুঃখিত
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
Hariau
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Not present
Dialect 2
Not present
Not present
Dialect 3
Not present
Not present
Second Language Speakers
-
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
santal
sanskrit
German Name
Santali
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
20th century
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Santali
Sanskrit
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
-
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sa
Glottocode
sant1410
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic
Santali and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Sanskrit language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Santali vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.