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Sanskrit and Greek


Greek and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
India   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Old German Language   
Armenian   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
7   
4

How Many Consonants
36   
26
17   
7

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Not present   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Not present   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
sanskrit   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Hellenic   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
Not Available   
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
gre   

ISO 639 3
san   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
sans1269   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
No data available   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Sanskrit and Greek Speaking population

Sanskrit and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Sanskrit vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Greek Language Codes

Sanskrit and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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