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
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
0
  
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.