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English vs Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

National Language
India  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
31  
21
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
Hello  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
How are you?  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
Good Morning  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
Please  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
Sorry  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
Bye  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
American English  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Not Available  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
24
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
English  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Not Available  

French Name
goudjrati  
anglais  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Not Available  

History

Origin
15  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Standard English  

Language Position
23  
19
3  
3

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
eng  

ISO 639 3
guj  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
guja1252  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Gujarati and English Language History

Comparison of Gujarati vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Gujarati and English language. History of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15 whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Gujarati and English Language History.

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Gujarati and English Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Gujarati and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and English language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Gujarati vs English Difficulty

The Gujarati vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Gujarati and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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