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Sanskrit and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Old German Language  

Derived From
-  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
14  
4
36  
26

Scripts
Kana  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
-  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Not present  

Where They Speak
kansai  
-  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
-  

Native Name
日本語  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
japonais  
sanskrit  

German Name
Japanisch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
1185  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
8  
8
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
san  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
san  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
san  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Japanese 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 Japanese and Sanskrit dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Sanskrit language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Sanskrit Dialects are spoken in different Sanskrit speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Sanskrit Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Sanskrit Speaking population

Japanese and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Sanskrit on Japanese vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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