Countries
India
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Munda Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Adi Johar
Asante
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Boge Ninda
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Not Available
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Not Available
tafadhali
I Love You
Not Available
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Not Available
Samahani
Dialect 1
Mahali
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
India
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Not present
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Not Available
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Not present
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Not Available
Kilwa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
santal
swahili
German Name
Santali
Swahili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
20th century
6th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Santali
Swahili
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
sw
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sant1410
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Santali and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Swahili language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Swahili Difficulty
The Santali vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.