Countries
India
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
Not Available
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
India
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Not Available
  
French Name
santal
  
kurde
  
German Name
Santali
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Kurds
  
Origin
20th century
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Kurdish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Santali and Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Kurdish language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Santali vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.