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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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