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Sanskrit and Korean


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Old German Language  

Derived From
-  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
16  
13

How Many Consonants
19  
9
36  
26

Scripts
Hangul  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Not present  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
-  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Not present  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
-  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
-  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
-  

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
coréen  
sanskrit  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
12  
11
23  
21

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
san  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
san  

ISO 639 6
kor  
san  

Glottocode
kore1280  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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

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Korean and Sanskrit Speaking population

Korean and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % 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 Korean and Sanskrit on Korean vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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