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Gujarati and Persian


Persian and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
India  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
NA  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
23  
13

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
سلام  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
صبح به خیر  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
لطفا  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
متاسف  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Western Persian  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Dari Persian  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
24
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
65.00 million  
17

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
goudjrati  
persan  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Persian people  

History

Origin
15  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Persian  

Language Position
23  
19
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
per  

ISO 639 3
guj  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
guja1252  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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

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Gujarati and Persian Speaking population

Gujarati and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Gujarati vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Persian Language Codes

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

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