Countries
India
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Arabic
  
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
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Not Available
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Not Available
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
santal
  
persan
  
German Name
Santali
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Persian people
  
Origin
20th century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Santali and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Persian language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Persian Difficulty
The Santali vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.