Countries
India
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-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
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
Not Available
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
maaf
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
santal
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Santali
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
20th century
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Indonesian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
indo1316
  
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 Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Indonesian language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Santali vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.