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Sanskrit vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
16  
13

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
Cam on  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

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

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
xin vui lòng  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Not present  

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

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

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Not present  

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

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

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
-  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
-  

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

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

French Name
vietnamien  
sanskrit  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Sanskrit  

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

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
14  
13
23  
21

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
san  

ISO 639 3
vie  
san  

ISO 639 6
vie  
san  

Glottocode
viet1252  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Vietnamese and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Sanskrit language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. 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 Vietnamese and Sanskrit Language History.

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Vietnamese and Sanskrit 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 Vietnamese and Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Sanskrit language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Vietnamese vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Vietnamese vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Vietnamese and Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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