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Sindhi vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Sindhi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  
NA  

Interesting Facts
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
  • 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
Gujarati  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
64  
37
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
42  
31
31  
21

Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
Assalam O Alaikum  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
Meharbani  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
tava kia aayo  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
Subho Bakhair  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
Mehrbani  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
Allah Wahi  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Siraiki  
Kathiyawadi  

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

Dialect 2
Vicholi  
Kharwa  

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

Dialect 3
Lari  
Not Available  

Where They Speak
Lower Sindh  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
29.00 million  
37
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
34
0.74 %  
24

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
50.00 million  
22

Native Name
Not Available  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
sindhi  
goudjrati  

German Name
Sindhi-Sprache  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
711 A.D  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Sindhi  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
50  
37
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sd  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
snd  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
snd  
guj  

ISO 639 3
snd  
guj  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sind1272  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
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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Sindhi and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Sindhi vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Sindhi and Gujarati language. History of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D 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 Sindhi and Gujarati Language History.

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

Sindhi vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Sindhi vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sindhi 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 Sindhi and Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sindhi and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sindhi is Not Available while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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