Countries
India
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Interesting Facts
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
Not Available
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
آسف
  
Bye
Not Available
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
452.00 million
  
4
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
santal
  
arabe
  
German Name
Santali
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Arabs
  
Origin
20th century
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Santali and Arabic 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 Santali and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Arabic language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Arabic Difficulty
The Santali vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Arabic 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 Santali and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.