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Hindi vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Hindi.jpg#200   
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
44   
24
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
8   
5

How Many Consonants
33   
23
31   
21

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
0.74 %   
24

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   

History

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   

Language Position
5   
5
23   
19

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Hindi and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Gujarati language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hindi and Gujarati Language History.

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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.

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