National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Munda Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Adi Johar
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
ND
Good Afternoon
Not Available
ND
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
ND
I Love You
Not Available
ND
Excuse Me
Not Available
ND
Dialect 1
Mahali
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
India
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Not Available
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not present
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Not Available
Cambodia, Thailand
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
santal
khmer central
German Name
Santali
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Santali
Modern Khmer
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
km
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Santali and Khmer 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 Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Khmer language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Khmer Difficulty
The Santali vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Khmer 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 Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.