Countries
India
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
National Language
India
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
NA
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Kokan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
goudjrati
marathe
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Marathi people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Marathi
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
guja1252
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Gujarati and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Marathi language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Marathi Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.