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Sanskrit vs Vietnamese


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Countries

Countries
India  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Czech Republic  

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.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Old German Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
12  
9

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
Xin chào  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
Cam on  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
-  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Not present  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
-  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Not present  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
-  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
76,000,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million  
99+
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
-  
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
sanskrit  
vietnamien  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
23  
21
14  
13

Signed Forms
-  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
vie  

ISO 639 3
san  
vie  

ISO 639 6
san  
vie  

Glottocode
sans1269  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Sanskrit and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and Vietnamese language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Sanskrit and Vietnamese Language History.

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Sanskrit and Vietnamese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sanskrit and Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Vietnamese language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Sanskrit vs Vietnamese Difficulty

The Sanskrit vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit Alphabets and Vietnamese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sanskrit and Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.

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