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Urdu and Gujarati


Gujarati and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Pakistan   
India   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
NA   

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
40   
29
31   
21

Scripts
Arabic   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
الوداع   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Kathiyawadi   

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

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Kharwa   

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

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
50.00 million   
22

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
ourdou   
goudjrati   

German Name
Urdu   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
20   
18
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
guj   

ISO 639 3
urd   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Urdu and Gujarati Speaking population

Urdu and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Gujarati on Urdu vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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