Countries
Madagascar
  
India
  
National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
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
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy 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
Not Available
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
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Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malagasy-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
  
Hello
Salama!
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
Misaotra
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
Alina tsara
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
azafady
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Miala tsiny
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Veloma!
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Azafady
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Merina
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Sakalava
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
18.00 million
  
38
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
malgache
  
santal
  
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
1000 AD
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Austronesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
  
Santali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mg
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
mlg
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mala1537
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malagasy and Santali language. Malagasy word for "Hello" is Salama! or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Malagasy Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malagasy vs Santali Difficulty
The Malagasy vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malagasy 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 Malagasy and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malagasy and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malagasy is Not Available while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.