Countries
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
29.00 million
  
37
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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