Countries
Japan
  
India
  
National Language
Japan
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
japonais
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1185
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Japanese and Sanskrit Speaking population
Japanese and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Sanskrit on Japanese vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Sanskrit Language Codes
Japanese and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.