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Sanskrit and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
99   
40
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
14   
4
36   
26

Scripts
Kana   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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
31   
25
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
14.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
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   

History

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
8   
8
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Japanese 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 Japanese and Sanskrit dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Sanskrit language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Sanskrit Dialects are spoken in different Sanskrit speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Sanskrit Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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