Countries
India
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
- 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
Old German Language
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
santal
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Santali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Santali language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Santali Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.