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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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