Countries
India
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
India
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Zambia
  
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.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Bengali Language
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Moni
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
pepani
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
15
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Indic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Chewa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available