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Hindi vs German


German vs Hindi


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

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

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

Alphabets
44   
24
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
10   
7

How Many Consonants
33   
23
9   
1

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
Texas   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
1.39 %   
12

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   

History

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   

Language Position
5   
5
9   
9

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Hindi and German Language History

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

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

Hindi vs German Difficulty

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

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