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Sanskrit vs German


German vs Sanskrit


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
India  
Germany  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
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
Not Available  
Council for German Orthography  

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

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
10  
7

How Many Consonants
36  
26
9  
1

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
hallo  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
Danke  

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

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
guten Morgen  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
bitte  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Switzerland  

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

Dialect 2
Not present  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Not present  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
sanskrit  
allemand  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Germans  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
No early forms  

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

Language Position
Not Available  
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
ger  

ISO 639 3
san  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
sans1269  
high1287, uppe1397  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Sanskrit and German Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and German language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. 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 Sanskrit and German Language History.

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

Sanskrit vs German Difficulty

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

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