Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
Old German Language
Derived From
Not Available
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Hangul
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Jeju
Not present
Where They Speak
South Korea
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Not present
Where They Speak
South Korea
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Not present
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Not Available
French Name
coréen
sanskrit
German Name
Koreanisch
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
Not Available
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Not Available
Origin
Before 1st century
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Sanskrit
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
sans1269
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Korean 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 Korean and Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Sanskrit language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Korean vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.