Countries
India, No official status
India
National Language
India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
- 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
Maithili and Magahi
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
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
Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)
Henda ho
Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
Not Available
Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)
Boge Setak’
Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Not Available
Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Not Available
Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Not Available
I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Not Available
Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Not Available
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Mahali
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Not present
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Not present
Where They Speak
India
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
bhojpuri
santal
German Name
Bhojpuri
Santali
Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
19th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
bhoj1246
sant1410
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bhojpuri and Santali language. Bhojpuri word for "Hello" is प्रणाम (prannam) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Bhojpuri Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bhojpuri vs Santali Difficulty
The Bhojpuri vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bhojpuri and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bhojpuri is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.
