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
Scripts
Tangut
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
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
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
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.
