Countries
India
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
India
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Old German Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Sanskrit and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Vietnamese language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.