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Japanese vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Japan   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Asia   

Minority Language
Palau   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
NA   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
14   
4
31   
21

Scripts
Kana   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
50.00 million   
22

Native Name
日本語   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
japonais   
goudjrati   

German Name
Japanisch   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
1185   
15   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
8   
8
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
guj   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Japanese and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Gujarati language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Gujarati Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Gujarati language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Japanese vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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