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Nepali and Gujarati


Gujarati and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nepal   
India   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
NA   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
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
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
कृपया   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Kathiyawadi   

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

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Kharwa   

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

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
50.00 million   
22

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
népalais   
goudjrati   

German Name
Nepali   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
19 BC   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
59   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
guj   

ISO 639 3
npi   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
12   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Nepali 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 Nepali and Gujarati dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Gujarati language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Gujarati Dialects are spoken in different Gujarati speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Gujarati Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi , Kharwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Nepali and Gujarati Speaking population

Nepali and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Gujarati on Nepali vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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