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Chinese vs Sanskrit


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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