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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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