Countries
India
  
Fiji, India
  
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 in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
380.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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