National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Thailand
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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
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Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
Similar To
Munda Language
Lao Language
Derived From
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Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Thai
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Henda ho
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
Adi Johar
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
संध्यायान
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
দয়া করে
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
দুঃখিত
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
Hariau
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Where They Speak
India
Isan
Dialect 2
Not present
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
-
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Not present
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
-
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
German Name
Santali
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[sɑnˈtɑli]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
20th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Santali
Thai
Signed Forms
Santali Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
th
Glottocode
sant1410
thai1261
Linguasphere
No data available
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
Santali and Thai 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 Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Thai language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Thai Difficulty
The Santali vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Thai 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 Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.