Countries
India
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Thailand
  
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
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
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.
  
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Thai
  
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
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
Not Available
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
santal
  
thaï
  
German Name
Santali
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
20th century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Thai
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Santali and Thai 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 Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Thai language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Thai Difficulty
The Santali vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Thai 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 Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.