Countries
Indonesia
  
India
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- 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
Malay language
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-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
Halo
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
6.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
indonésien
  
santal
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
7th Century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Santali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
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
  
Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Santali language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Santali Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.