Countries
India, Nepal
India
National Language
Nepal
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Henda ho
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Not Available
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Boge Setak’
Please
कृपया
Not Available
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Not Available
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Not Available
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Not Available
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Not Available
Where They Speak
Nepal
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Not present
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Not present
Where They Speak
Nepal
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
népalais
santal
German Name
Nepali
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
19 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
sant1410
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
Nepali 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 Nepali and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Santali language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Santali Difficulty
The Nepali vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.