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Arabic vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
16  
13

How Many Consonants
28  
18
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
شكرا  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
من فضلك  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
آسف  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
وداعا  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
أحبك  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
Not Available  

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
Not Available  

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Not Available  

French Name
arabe  
sanskrit  

German Name
Arabisch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Not Available  

History

Origin
512 CE  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
North Arabic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
25  
21
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
san  

ISO 639 3
ara  
san  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Arabic and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Sanskrit language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Sanskrit Language History.

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Arabic 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 Arabic and Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Sanskrit language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Arabic vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Arabic vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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