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
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Chakma
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
215.00 million
  
9
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.