Countries
Philippines
India
National Language
Philippines
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Filipinos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
- 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Baybayin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Salamat po
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Magandang gabi
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
Not Available
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
Boge Setak’
Please
pakiusap
Not Available
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
Not Available
I Love You
Iniibig kita
Not Available
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Not Available
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
Mahali
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
India
Dialect 2
Bisalog
Not present
Where They Speak
Philippines
Not Available
Dialect 3
Filipino
Not present
Where They Speak
Philippines
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Tagalog
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
tagalog
santal
German Name
Tagalog
Santali
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
No early forms
Standard Forms
Filipino
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
t1
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
taga1269
sant1410
Linguasphere
31-CKA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Santali language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Santali Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.