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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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