Countries
India
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Not Available
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Munda Language
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Henda ho
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Adi Johar
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
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下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
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请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
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遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Not Available
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Not Available
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
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劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Mahali
Mandarin
Where They Speak
India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Not Available
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Yue
Where They Speak
Not Available
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
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French Name
santal
chinois
German Name
Santali
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Han
Origin
20th century
1250 BC
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Standard Chinese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
zh
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sant1410
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
Santali and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Chinese language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Chinese Difficulty
The Santali vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.