Countries
Myanmar
  
India
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as 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
Thai Language
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
6.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
birman
  
santal
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Santali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Burmese 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 Burmese and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Santali language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Santali Difficulty
The Burmese vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese 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 Burmese and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.