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Hindi and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
16   
13

How Many Consonants
33   
23
36   
26

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Marwari   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
14.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
Not Available   

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
14.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
Not Available   

Native Name
हिन्दी   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
Not Available   

French Name
hindi   
sanskrit   

German Name
Hindi   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
7th Century   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Sanskrit   

Language Position
5   
5
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
san   

ISO 639 3
hin   
san   

ISO 639 6
hins   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hind1269   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All Hindi and Sanskrit Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Hindi and Sanskrit dialects. Various dialects of Hindi and Sanskrit language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hindi are spoken in different Hindi Speaking Countries whereas Sanskrit Dialects are spoken in different Sanskrit speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hindi vs Sanskrit Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hindi dialects include: Khariboli, Marwari. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hindi and Sanskrit Speaking population

Hindi and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Hindi and Sanskrit on Hindi vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Sanskrit Language Codes

Hindi and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hindi and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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