Countries
India
  
India
  
National Language
India
  
India
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Bengali Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Not Available
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Not Available
  
Origin
15
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Gujarati and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Sanskrit language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.