Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
India
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
Munda Language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Henda ho
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Adi Johar
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Cet’leka menama?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Boge Ninda
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Boge Ayup’
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Boge Setak’
  
Please
Prosím
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Not Available
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Mahali
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
6.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
slovenčina
  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
  
French Name
slovaque
  
santal
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Santali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
  
Origin
6th Century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Santali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
sat
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
sat
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
sat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
sant1410
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Slovak and Santali 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 Slovak and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Santali language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Santali Difficulty
The Slovak vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak Alphabets and Santali 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 Slovak and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.