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German vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
7   
8

National Language
Germany   
Germany   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Council for German Orthography   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
10   
7

How Many Consonants
9   
1
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
hallo   

Thank You
Danke   
Danke   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
guten Morgen   

Please
bitte   
bitte   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Tschüs   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Deutsch   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
allemand   
allemand   

German Name
Deutsch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Germans   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Germanic   

Branch
Western   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
9   
9
9   
9

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
ger   

ISO 639 3
deu   
deu   

ISO 639 6
deus   
deus   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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German and German Language History

Comparison of German vs German language history gives us differences between origin of German and German language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German and German Language History.

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German and German 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 German and German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and German language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common German Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

German vs German Difficulty

The German vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of German Alphabets and German 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 German and German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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