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Sanskrit vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
India   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Latin   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
Thank you   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
How are you?   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
Good Night   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
Please   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
Sorry   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
Bye   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
I love you   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Not present   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Not present   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
14.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
Not Available   

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
14.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
anglais   
sanskrit   

German Name
Englisch   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Sanskrit   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
san   

ISO 639 3
eng   
san   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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English and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of English vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of English and Sanskrit language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Sanskrit Language History.

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

English vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The English vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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