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German vs Hindi


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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