Countries
India
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
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Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
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azafady
  
Sorry
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Miala tsiny
  
Bye
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Veloma!
  
I Love You
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Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
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Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
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Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
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Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
santal
  
malgache
  
German Name
Santali
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
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Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
20th century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sant1410
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
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Santali and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Malagasy language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Santali vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Malagasy 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 Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.