Countries
Assam, India
India
National Language
Assam, India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not Available
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not Available
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
- 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
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Not Available
Henda ho
Thank You
Not Available
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Nungni khabora ma?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Not Available
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Not Available
Good Morning
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Boge Setak’
Please
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Not Available
Sorry
Not Available
Not Available
Bye
Not Available
Not Available
I Love You
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Not Available
Excuse Me
Not Available
Not Available
Dialect 1
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Mahali
Where They Speak
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
India
Dialect 2
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Not present
Where They Speak
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
Not Available
Dialect 3
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Not present
Where They Speak
Assam, India, Nepal
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
बड़ो (boṛo)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
Not Available
santal
German Name
Not Available
Santali
Pronunciation
[bɔɽo]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Not Available
Santali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
Not Available
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
sat
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
sat
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
bodo1269
sant1410
Linguasphere
Not Available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Bodo 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 Bodo and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bodo and Santali language. Bodo word for "Hello" is Not Available or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Bodo Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bodo vs Santali Difficulty
The Bodo vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bodo 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 Bodo and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bodo and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bodo is Not Available while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.