Home
Languagevs


Santali vs Hindi


Hindi vs Santali


Countries

Countries
India  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Munda Language  
Urdu  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Hindi.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
21  
11
33  
23

Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Henda ho  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
Adi Johar  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
Boge Ninda  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
Boge Ayup’  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
Boge Setak’  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
Not Available  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
Not Available  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
Not Available  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
Not Available  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mahali  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
India  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
240,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Not present  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
22,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Not present  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.30 million  
99+
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
Not Available  
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
6.30 million  
99+
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
santal  
hindi  

German Name
Santali  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
20th century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Santali  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
Not Available  
5  
5

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sat  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
sat  
hin  

ISO 639 3
sat  
hin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
hins  

Glottocode
sant1410  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

Countries >>
<< All

Santali and Hindi Language History

Comparison of Santali vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of Santali and Hindi language. History of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Santali and Hindi Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Santali and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Hindi language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Santali vs Hindi Difficulty

The Santali vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages