Countries
South Africa
India
National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
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
Dankie
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
goeie nag
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Not Available
Good Morning
goeie more
Boge Setak’
Please
asseblief
Not Available
Sorry
jammer
Not Available
Bye
Not Available
Not Available
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Not Available
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Not Available
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Mahali
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Not present
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Not present
Where They Speak
Namibia
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
afrikaans
santal
German Name
Afrikaans
Santali
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
17th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Santali
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
No data available
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
sant1410
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Not Available
Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Santali language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Santali Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.