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Gujarati vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
1  
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
India  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
NA  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
Thank you  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
How are you?  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
Good Night  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
Please  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
Sorry  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
Bye  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
I love you  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.74 %  
24

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
Not Available  

Native Name
English  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
anglais  
goudjrati  

German Name
Englisch  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
3  
3
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
guj  

ISO 639 3
eng  
guj  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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English and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of English vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of English and Gujarati language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 English and Gujarati Language History.

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

English vs Gujarati Difficulty

The English vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Gujarati 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 English and Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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