Countries
India
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
Not Available
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bohol
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
southern Leyte
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
santal
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Santali
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
20th century
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Santali and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Cebuano language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Santali vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.