Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
India
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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
Finnish
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
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
Tere
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
Palun
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Head aega
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
eesti keel
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
estonien
  
santal
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
13th century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Santali
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Estonian 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 Estonian and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Santali language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Santali Difficulty
The Estonian vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian 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 Estonian and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.