National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Thank You
Waita zvako
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Manheru
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Not Available
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Boge Setak’
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Not Available
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Not Available
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Not Available
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Not Available
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
India
Dialect 2
Karanga
Not present
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Not Available
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Not present
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
20th century
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Not Available
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
core1255
sant1410
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Shona and Santali 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 Shona and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Santali language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Santali Difficulty
The Shona vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Santali 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 Shona and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.