Countries
India
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
India
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
NA
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Bengali Language
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
215.00 million
  
9
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
bengali
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
15
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Bengali
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available