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Gujarati and Nepali


Nepali and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
NA   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
47   
27
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

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   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   
कृपया   

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
બાય (Bāya)   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi   
Doteli   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Bajhangi   

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

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
goudjrati   
népalais   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gujaratis   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
15   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Nepali   

Language Position
23   
19
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
gu   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
guj   
nep   

ISO 639 3
guj   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
guja1252   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Gujarati and Nepali Speaking population

Gujarati and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Gujarati vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Nepali Language Codes

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

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