National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
Not Available
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Munda Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Kana
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
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Adi Johar
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Not Available
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Not Available
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Not Available
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Not Available
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
Not Available
すみません (Sumimasen)
Where They Speak
India
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Hakata
Where They Speak
Not Available
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Not present
Kansai
Where They Speak
Not Available
kansai
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
日本語
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Not Available
French Name
santal
japonais
German Name
Santali
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Santali
Japanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ja
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Santali and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Japanese language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Japanese Difficulty
The Santali vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.