Sanskrit and Cantonese
Countries
India
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
India
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Old German Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
您好
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
谢谢
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
你好吗？
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
晚安
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
晚上好
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
下午好
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
早上好
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
遗憾
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
再见
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
我爱你
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Not present
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Not Available
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Not present
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Not Available
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Not present
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Not Available
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Not Available
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
sanskrit
Not Available
German Name
Sanskrit
Not Available
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
2000 B.C.
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
sa
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
san
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
san
Not Available
ISO 639 3
san
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sans1269
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Ancient
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
All Sanskrit and Cantonese 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 Sanskrit and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sanskrit and Cantonese Speaking population
Sanskrit and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Sanskrit and Cantonese on Sanskrit vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sanskrit and Cantonese Language Codes
Sanskrit and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.