Countries
India
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Nigeria
  
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
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Yoruba Academy
  
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.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Munda Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.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
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Henda ho
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Adi Johar
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Cet’leka menama?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Boge Ninda
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
Boge Ayup’
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
Boge Setak’
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Not Available
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
Not Available
  
binu
  
Bye
Not Available
  
bye
  
I Love You
Not Available
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Mahali
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.30 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.30 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
santal
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Santali
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
20th century
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Santali
  
Yorùbá
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sat
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
sat
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
sat
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sant1410
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
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 Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Santali and Yoruba language. Santali word for "Hello" is Henda ho or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Santali Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Santali vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Santali vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Santali Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Santali and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Santali is Not Available while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.