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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

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