Countries
Nigeria
  
India
  
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Nigeria
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
sannu
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
gode ku
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
yaya dai
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
mai kyau dare
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
barka da yamma
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
Don Allah
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
yi hakuri
  
Not Available
  
Bye
sai anjima
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Ina son ku
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
gafara dai
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Gaananci
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daragaram
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
35.00 million
  
27
6.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
haoussa
  
santal
  
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
14
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Chadic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hausa
  
Santali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ha
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hau
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
hau
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
hau
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
haus1257
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Hausa 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 Hausa and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Santali language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Santali Difficulty
The Hausa vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa 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 Hausa and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.