Countries
India
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
India
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
NA
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Bengali Language
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Not Available
  
Origin
15
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available