Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Asante
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Not Available
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Boge Setak’
Please
tafadhali
Not Available
I Love You
nakupenda
Not Available
Excuse Me
Samahani
Not Available
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Mahali
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
India
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Not present
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Not present
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
swahili
santal
German Name
Swahili
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
6th century
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Santali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
sant1410
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Swahili 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 Swahili and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Santali language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Santali Difficulty
The Swahili vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.