Countries
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
Jammu and Kashmir, 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
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
  
Similar To
Bengali Language
  
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dogri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Ke aal aee
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
dhanwaad
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
kiyaan oo ji
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
shub ratri
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
shub ratri
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
su prabat
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
kripya
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
changa ji pher
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
gustakhi maaf
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Jaunsari
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
100,000.00
  
99+
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Kullu
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Hinduri
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
डोगरी
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
dogri
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Dogri
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Dogras
  
Origin
15
  
1971
  
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
  
Dogri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
doi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
indo1311
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available