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Hindi vs German


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Germany  
India  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

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

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
11  
8

How Many Consonants
9  
1
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
Danke  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
bitte  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
Tschüs  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
240,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
22,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
20,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
Deutsch  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
allemand  
hindi  

German Name
Deutsch  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

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

Language Position
9  
9
5  
5

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
hin  

ISO 639 3
deu  
hin  

ISO 639 6
deus  
hins  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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German and Hindi Language History

Comparison of German vs Hindi language history gives us differences between origin of German and Hindi language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD whereas history of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Hindi Language History.

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

German vs Hindi Difficulty

The German vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of German Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.

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