Countries
China, Mongolia
  
India
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
- 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
Turkish Language
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
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
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
mongol
  
santal
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Santali
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Mongolian 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 Mongolian and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Mongolian and Santali language. Mongolian word for "Hello" is Сайн уу (Sain uu) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Mongolian Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Mongolian vs Santali Difficulty
The Mongolian vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Mongolian 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 Mongolian and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Mongolian and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Mongolian is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.