Countries
India
  
India
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Not Available
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Not Available
  
French Name
santal
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Santali
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Not Available
  
Origin
20th century
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Sanskrit
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Santali and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Sanskrit language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Santali vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.