Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
India
  
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 in
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Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
0
  
How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million
  
2
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.