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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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