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Urdu vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs 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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Urdu and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Gujarati language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Gujarati Language History.

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

Urdu vs Gujarati Difficulty

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

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