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Marathi and Gujarati


Gujarati and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
India  
India  

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  
NA  

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Konkani Language  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
31  
21

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
Kathiyawadi  

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

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
23
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Kharwa  

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

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
12
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
18
0.74 %  
24

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
32
Not Available  

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
marathe  
goudjrati  

German Name
Marathi  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
10th century  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
17  
15
23  
19

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
guj  

ISO 639 3
mar  
guj  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mara1378  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
omr  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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All Marathi and Gujarati Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Marathi and Gujarati dialects. Various dialects of Marathi and Gujarati language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marathi are spoken in different Marathi Speaking Countries whereas Gujarati Dialects are spoken in different Gujarati speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marathi vs Gujarati Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani, Varhadi. Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi , Kharwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Marathi and Gujarati Speaking population

Marathi and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Marathi and Gujarati on Marathi vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Gujarati Language Codes

Marathi and Gujarati language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Gujarati Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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