Countries
India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Munda Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Henda ho
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Adi Johar
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
Not Available
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
Not Available
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Not Available
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Not Available
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Not Available
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Hajong
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Not Available
India
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
santal
bengali
German Name
Santali
Bengali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
20th century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Santali
Bengali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
bn
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-u
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Santali and Bengali 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 Bengali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Bengali language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Bengali word for "Thank You" is ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Bengali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Bengali Difficulty
The Santali vs Bengali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Bengali 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 Bengali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Bengali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Bengali time required is 44 weeks.
