Countries
India
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
India
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
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.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Old German Language
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
China, North Korea
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
coréen
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Koreans
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Sanskrit and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Korean language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Korean Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.