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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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