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English and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
India  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Old German Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
Hello  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
How are you?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
Good Morning  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
Please  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Sorry  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
Bye  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
American English  

Where They Speak
-  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Not present  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
-  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
-  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
-  
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
English  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
English  

French Name
sanskrit  
anglais  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
English people  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Standard English  

Language Position
23  
21
3  
3

Signed Forms
-  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
eng  

ISO 639 3
san  
eng  

ISO 639 6
san  
engs  

Glottocode
sans1269  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Sanskrit and English Speaking population

Sanskrit and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and English languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Sanskrit vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and English Language Codes

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

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