Countries
India
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
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.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Latin
  
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
  
Tere
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
Not Available
  
Palun
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
0.95 million
  
99+
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
santal
  
estonien
  
German Name
Santali
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Estonians
  
Origin
20th century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Estonian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
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ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Santali and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Estonian language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Estonian Difficulty
The Santali vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.