Countries
Fiji, 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, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
  
NA
  
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Urdu
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
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Gujarati-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
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Khariboli
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Marwari
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Bundeli
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
260.00 million
  
4
50.00 million
  
22
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million
  
6
Not Available
  
Native Name
हिन्दी
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
hindi
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Hindi
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
7th Century
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hi
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hin
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
hin
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
hin
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
hins
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hind1269
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Hindi and Gujarati 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 Hindi and Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Gujarati language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Hindi vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Hindi and Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.