Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Hangul
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Henda ho
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
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Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Boge Setak’
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
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Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Not Available
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
Not Available
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Not Available
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Not Available
Where They Speak
South Korea
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Not present
Where They Speak
South Korea
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Not present
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
coréen
santal
German Name
Koreanisch
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
Before 1st century
20th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
kore1280
sant1410
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Korean 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 Korean and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Santali language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Santali Difficulty
The Korean vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.
