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Gujarati and Hindi


Hindi and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India   
Fiji, India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
NA   
Central Hindi Directorate   

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language   
Urdu   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Hindi.jpg#200   

Alphabets
47   
27
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
11   
8

How Many Consonants
31   
21
33   
23

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)   
नमस्ते (Namastē)   

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   
खेद (Khēda)   

Bye
બાય (Bāya)   
अलविदा (Alavidā)   

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi   
Khariboli   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
240,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Marwari   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
22,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Bundeli   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bundelkhand   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
4

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
380.00 million   
5

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
4.70 %   
5

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
260.00 million   
4

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
120.00 million   
6

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
हिन्दी   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   

French Name
goudjrati   
hindi   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Hindi   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   

Ethnicity
Gujaratis   
Hindustani people   

History

Origin
15   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Standard Hindi   

Language Position
23   
19
5   
5

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gu   
hi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj   
hin   

ISO 639 2/B
guj   
hin   

ISO 639 3
guj   
hin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
hins   

Glottocode
guja1252   
hind1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-qf   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Gujarati and Hindi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Gujarati and Hindi dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Hindi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Hindi Dialects are spoken in different Hindi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Hindi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Hindi dialects include: Khariboli , Marwari. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Gujarati and Hindi Speaking population

Gujarati and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Gujarati and Hindi on Gujarati vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Hindi Language Codes

Gujarati and Hindi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Hindi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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