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Sanskrit and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
India  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
-  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
-  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
-  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
-  

Native Name
Русский  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
russe  
sanskrit  

German Name
Russisch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Eastern  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
7  
7
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
san  

ISO 639 3
rus  
san  

ISO 639 6
rus  
san  

Glottocode
russ1263  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Russian and Sanskrit Speaking population

Russian and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Sanskrit on Russian vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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