Countries
India
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Ethiopia
  
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
  
Somalia
  
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.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
akkam
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
Not Available
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
santal
  
galla
  
German Name
Santali
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Oromos
  
Origin
20th century
  
16
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
nucl1736
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Santali and Oromo 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 Oromo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Oromo language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Oromo word for "Thank You" is Galatoomi. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Oromo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Oromo Difficulty
The Santali vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Oromo 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 Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.