Countries
India
  
West Java
  
National Language
India
  
Indonesia
  
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.
  
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
Similar To
Bengali Language
  
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin, Sundanese
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
Nuhun
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Wilujeng kulem
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Wilujeng wengi
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Wilujeng siang
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Wilujeng énjing
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Mangga
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Hapunten
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
Wilujeng angkat
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Punten
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Western dialect
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Banten
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Northern dialect
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Bogor
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Priangan dialect
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Bandung
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Priangan, Sunda
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
soundanais
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Sundanesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Origin
15
  
5th century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Sundanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
su
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
sun
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
sun
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
sun
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
sund1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available