Countries
Fiji, India
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
India
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
Council for German Orthography
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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
Urdu
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Hindi.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
bitte
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
Germany
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
hindi
  
allemand
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Germans
  
Origin
7th Century
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
deus
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic