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Sanskrit and Japanese


Japanese and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Japan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Old German Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
14  
4

Scripts
Devanagari  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Not present  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Not present  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
sanskrit  
japonais  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Japanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
san  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sans1269  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Sanskrit and Japanese Speaking population

Sanskrit and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Sanskrit vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Japanese Language Codes

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

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