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Sanskrit vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
16  
13

How Many Consonants
23  
13
36  
26

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Wu  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Yue  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
Not Available  

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
chinois  
sanskrit  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
san  

ISO 639 3
zho  
san  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sini1245  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Chinese and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Sanskrit language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Sanskrit Language History.

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

Chinese vs Sanskrit Difficulty

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

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