Countries
India
India, Nepal
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Not Available
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Munda Language
Hindi
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Henda ho
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Adi Johar
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Boge Ninda
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
Not Available
कृपया
Sorry
Not Available
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Not Available
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Not Available
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Not Available
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
India
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Not Available
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Not present
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nepal
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
santal
népalais
German Name
Santali
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
20th century
19 BC
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Santali
Nepali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
ne
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Santali and Nepali 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 Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Nepali language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Nepali Difficulty
The Santali vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Nepali 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 Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.