Countries
Fiji, India
  
India
  
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 in
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Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
0
  
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Hindi 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 Hindi and Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Sanskrit language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Hindi vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.