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Sanskrit vs German


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
16  
13

How Many Consonants
9  
1
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
Danke  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
bitte  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
Tschüs  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
Not Available  

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
Not Available  

Native Name
Deutsch  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Not Available  

French Name
allemand  
sanskrit  

German Name
Deutsch  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Not Available  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Vedic Sanskrit  

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

Language Position
9  
9
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
san  

ISO 639 3
deu  
san  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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German and Sanskrit Language History

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

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

German vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The German vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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