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English vs Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
India  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Old German Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
Hello  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
How are you?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
Good Morning  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
Please  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Sorry  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
Bye  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
American English  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Not present  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Not present  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
Not Available  
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
English  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
sanskrit  
anglais  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Standard English  

Language Position
Not Available  
3  
3

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
eng  

ISO 639 3
san  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
sans1269  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Sanskrit and English Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and English language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Sanskrit and English Language History.

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Sanskrit and English 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 Sanskrit and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and English language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Sanskrit vs English Difficulty

The Sanskrit vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit Alphabets and English 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 Sanskrit and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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