Countries
India
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
India
  
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.
  
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Bengali Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
33.00 million
  
28
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
oriya
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Odias
  
Origin
15
  
3 BC
  
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
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
macr1269
  
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