Countries
Bhutan
  
India
  
National Language
Bhutan
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
- 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
Sikkimese Language
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Tibetan Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
Kaadinchhey La
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
lek shom ay zim
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Not Available
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Tsip maza
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Log Jay Gay
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Tsip maza
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Laya
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Lunana
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Adap
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bhutan
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
0.64 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.17 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
0.47 million
  
37
Not Available
  
Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
dzongkha
  
santal
  
German Name
Dzongkha
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ngalop people
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
17th Century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Dzongkha
  
Santali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
dz
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dzo
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
dzo
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
dzo
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1307
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dzongkha and Santali language. Dzongkha word for "Hello" is Kuzoozangpo La or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Dzongkha Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dzongkha vs Santali Difficulty
The Dzongkha vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dzongkha and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dzongkha is Not Available while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.