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Arabic vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, 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
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
28  
18
31  
21

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
شكرا  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
من فضلك  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
آسف  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
وداعا  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
أحبك  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Kharwa  

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

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Surati  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
-  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
arabe  
goudjrati  

German Name
Arabisch  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
512 CE  
15  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
North Arabic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
25  
23
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
guj  

ISO 639 3
ara  
guj  

ISO 639 6
ara  
guj  

Glottocode
arab1395  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
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Arabic and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Gujarati language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 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 Arabic and Gujarati Language History.

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

Arabic vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Arabic vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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