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Sanskrit and 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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All German and Sanskrit Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Sanskrit dialects. Various dialects of German and Sanskrit language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Sanskrit Dialects are spoken in different Sanskrit speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Sanskrit Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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German and Sanskrit Speaking population

German and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of German and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Sanskrit on German vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Sanskrit Language Codes

German and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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