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Nepali vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs 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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Nepali and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Gujarati language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC 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 Nepali and Gujarati Language History.

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Nepali 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 Nepali and Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Gujarati language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Nepali vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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