Countries
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Old German Language
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
South Asia
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bihari
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Sanskrit and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Urdu language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Urdu Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.