Countries
India
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
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 in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
71.00 million
  
25
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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