Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
India
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
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
dankjewel
Adi Johar
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
goedenavond
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Not Available
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Boge Setak’
Please
alsjeblieft
Not Available
Sorry
sorry
Not Available
Bye
vaarwel
Not Available
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Not Available
Excuse Me
pardon
Not Available
Dialect 1
Gronings
Mahali
Where They Speak
Netherlands
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Not present
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Not present
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
santal
German Name
Niederländisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
AD 450-500
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
nl
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mode1257
sant1410
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Dutch 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 Dutch and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Santali language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Santali Difficulty
The Dutch vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.
