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Gujarati and Marathi


Marathi and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
India   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   
Israel, Mauritius   

Regulated By
NA   
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
47   
27
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
16   
13

How Many Consonants
31   
21
36   
26

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

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

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
બાય (Bāya)   
बाय (Bāya)   

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
goudjrati   
marathe   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
Gujaratis   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
15   
10th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Marathi   

Language Position
23   
19
17   
15

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gu   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
guj   
mar   

ISO 639 3
guj   
mar   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
guja1252   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
No data available   
omr   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Gujarati and Marathi 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 Marathi dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Marathi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Marathi Dialects are spoken in different Marathi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Marathi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani , Varhadi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Gujarati and Marathi Speaking population

Gujarati and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Gujarati vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Marathi Language Codes

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

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