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Sanskrit and Cantonese


Cantonese and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
China, Guangdong  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
-  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Old German Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
您好  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
谢谢  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
你好吗?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
晚安  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
下午好  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
早上好  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
请  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
遗憾  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
再见  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
-  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Not present  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
-  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Not present  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
-  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
-  
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
sanskrit  
cantonais  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
23  
21
1  
1

Signed Forms
-  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
yue  

ISO 639 3
san  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
san  
yue  

Glottocode
sans1269  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Sanskrit and Cantonese Speaking population

Sanskrit and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Sanskrit and Cantonese on Sanskrit vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Cantonese Language Codes

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