Countries
India, Nepal
  
India
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
- 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
Bhojpuri Language
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
pranam
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
kripaya
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
6.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
maithili
  
santal
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
14th century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Santali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Maithili 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 Maithili and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Santali language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Santali Difficulty
The Maithili vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili 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 Maithili and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.