Countries
India
  
Japan
  
National Language
India
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
NA
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Bengali Language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Not Available
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
japonais
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
15
  
1185
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Gujarati and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Japanese language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Japanese Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.