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Gujarati and Sindhi


Sindhi and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
India, Pakistan, Sindh   

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   
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   

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 first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language   
Gujarati   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
64   
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
31   
21
42   
31

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic, Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)   
Assalam O Alaikum   

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   
Meharbani   

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   
Kehra haal aahin   

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   
tava kia aayo   

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   
Sham Jo Salam   

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   
Assalam o Alaikum   

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   
Subho Bakhair   

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   
Mehrbani   

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   
Moon khe afsos aahe   

Bye
બાય (Bāya)   
Allah Wahi   

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   
Maaf Kajo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi   
Siraiki   

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

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Vicholi   

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

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Lari   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Lower Sindh   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
29.00 million   
37

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Not Available   

French Name
goudjrati   
sindhi   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Sindhi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gujaratis   
Not Available   

History

Origin
15   
711 A.D   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Sindhi   

Language Position
23   
19
50   
37

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gu   
sd   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj   
snd   

ISO 639 2/B
guj   
snd   

ISO 639 3
guj   
snd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
guja1252   
sind1272   

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   

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

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Gujarati and Sindhi Speaking population

Gujarati and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Gujarati vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Sindhi Language Codes

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

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