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Gujarati vs 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  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
NA  

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.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
9  
1
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
Danke  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
bitte  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
Tschüs  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Kathiyawadi  

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

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

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Kharwa  

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

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
0.74 %  
24

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
Not Available  

Native Name
Deutsch  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
allemand  
goudjrati  

German Name
Deutsch  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
9  
9
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
guj  

ISO 639 3
deu  
guj  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
guja1252  

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-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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German and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of German vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of German and Gujarati language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th 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 German and Gujarati Language History.

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

German vs Gujarati Difficulty

The German vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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