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Sanskrit vs French


French vs Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
32   
3

National Language
India   
France   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Canada   

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

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Old German Language   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
bonjour   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
Merci   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
Bonjour   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
désolé   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
au revoir   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Not present   
African French   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Africa   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
français   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Français   

French Name
sanskrit   
français   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Romance   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Standard French   

Language Position
Not Available   
13   
12

Signed Forms
Not Available   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
fre   

ISO 639 3
san   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
sans1269   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-i   

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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Sanskrit and French Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and French language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century. 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 French Language History.

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

Sanskrit vs French Difficulty

The Sanskrit vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.

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