Countries
India
  
India
  
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 in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
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
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
6.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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