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Sanskrit vs Korean


Korean vs Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

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

Alphabets
52  
31
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
21  
18

How Many Consonants
36  
26
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

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  
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

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  

History

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  
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Sanskrit and Korean Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and Korean language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean Language History.

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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.

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