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Sanskrit and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
India  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Malay language  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
19  
9
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
mohon Untuk  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
maaf  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
-  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
-  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
-  

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
indonésien  
sanskrit  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
7th Century  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
56  
99+
23  
21

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
san  

ISO 639 3
ind  
san  

ISO 639 6
ind  
san  

Glottocode
indo1316  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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All Indonesian and Sanskrit Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Indonesian and Sanskrit dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Sanskrit language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Sanskrit Dialects are spoken in different Sanskrit speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Sanskrit Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Indonesian and Sanskrit Speaking population

Indonesian and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Indonesian and Sanskrit on Indonesian vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Sanskrit Language Codes

Indonesian and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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