National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Munda Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Henda ho
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Adi Johar
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Not Available
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Not Available
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Not Available
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Not Available
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Not Available
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Arakanese
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Not Available
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Intha
Where They Speak
Not Available
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
santal
birman
German Name
Santali
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Bamar people
Origin
20th century
1113 AD
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Santali
Modern Burmese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
my
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Santali and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Burmese language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Burmese Difficulty
The Santali vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.
