Countries
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
Similar To
Bengali Language
  
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Hach ch'i
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
Khuda hāfiz
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Kashtawari
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Poguli
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Rambani
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
5.42 million
  
99+
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
kashmiri
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Kaschmiri
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
[kəːʃur]
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Origin
15
  
12th 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
  
Kashmiri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
ks
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
kas
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
kas
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
kas
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
kash1277
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available