Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
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Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
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Munda Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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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
Thank you
Adi Johar
How Are You?
How are you?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Good Morning
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Please
Please
Not Available
Sorry
Sorry
Not Available
I Love You
I love you
Not Available
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Not Available
Dialect 1
American English
Mahali
Where They Speak
United States of America
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Not present
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Not present
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
anglais
santal
German Name
Englisch
Santali
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
5th Century AD
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
en
No data available
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
sant1410
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English 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 English and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Santali language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common English Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Santali Difficulty
The English vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.