Countries
West Java
  
India
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
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
Not Available
  
NA
  
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
Nuhun
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
Mangga
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
Hapunten
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
Punten
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Western dialect
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Banten
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
Bogor
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Bandung
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
Not Available
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
soundanais
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Sundanesisch
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
5th century AD
  
15
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Sundanese
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
su
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sun
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
sun
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
sun
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sund1251
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available