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Japanese vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs 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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Japanese and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Sanskrit language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Japanese and Sanskrit Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Sanskrit language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Japanese vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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