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Russian and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
India  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

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

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

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Old German Language  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
10  
7

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
спасибо(spasibo)  

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

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

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

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

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Извините(Izvinite)  

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

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Doukhobor Russian  

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

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

Dialect 2
Not present  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
-  
Olonets  

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

Dialect 3
Not present  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
-  
Novgorod  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
13  
13

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
-  
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Russki  

French Name
sanskrit  
russe  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Russians  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
1000 AD  

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

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
Indic  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
23  
21
7  
7

Signed Forms
-  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
rus  

ISO 639 3
san  
rus  

ISO 639 6
san  
rus  

Glottocode
sans1269  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Sanskrit and Russian Speaking population

Sanskrit and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Sanskrit vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Russian Language Codes

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

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