Countries
Countries
India
India
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
1
14
National Language
India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Munda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
47
27
30
12
Phonology
How Many Vowels
8
5
6
3
How Many Consonants
31
21
21
11
Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks
4
Not Available
Greetings
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Henda ho
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
Adi Johar
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Not Available
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Boge Setak’
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Not Available
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Not Available
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
Not Available
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Not Available
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Not Available
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Mahali
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
India
Dialect 2
Kharwa
Not present
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Not present
Where They Speak
Not Available
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
8
8
1
1
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
27
6.30 million
99+
Speaking Population
0.74 %
24
Not Available
Native Speakers
50.00 million
22
6.30 million
99+
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
goudjrati
santal
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
History
Origin
15
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Santali
Language Position
23
19
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
gu
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
guj
sat
ISO 639 2/B
guj
sat
ISO 639 3
guj
sat
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
guja1252
sant1410
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
