Countries
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Bengali Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
15
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Gujarati and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Punjabi language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.