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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
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)
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
Not Available
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
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
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Japanese
Modern Gujarati
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
guja1252
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available
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.