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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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