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Sundanese vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
West Java  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Indonesia  

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  
-  

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.
  
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Madurese and Malay Languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
9  
1
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin, Sundanese  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
40 weeks  
15

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Halo  

Thank You
Danke  
Nuhun  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Kumaha kabarna?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Wilujeng kulem  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Wilujeng wengi  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Wilujeng siang  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Wilujeng énjing  

Please
bitte  
Mangga  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Hapunten  

Bye
Tschüs  
Wilujeng angkat  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Punten  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Western dialect  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Banten  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Northern dialect  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Bogor  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Priangan dialect  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Bandung  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
40,000,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
39.00 million  
22

Native Name
Deutsch  
Basa Sunda  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Priangan, Sunda  

French Name
allemand  
soundanais  

German Name
Deutsch  
Sundanesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[sʊnˈdæniːs]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
5th century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Sundanese  

Language Position
9  
9
42  
39

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Sundanese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
su  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
sun  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
sun  

ISO 639 3
deu  
sun  

ISO 639 6
deus  
sun  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
sund1251  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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German and Sundanese Language History

Comparison of German vs Sundanese language history gives us differences between origin of German and Sundanese language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD whereas history of Sundanese language states that this language originated in 5th 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 German and Sundanese Language History.

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

German vs Sundanese Difficulty

The German vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of German Alphabets and Sundanese 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 Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Sundanese time required is 40 weeks.

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