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English vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
India   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
NA   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
Thank you   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
How are you?   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
Good Night   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
Please   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
Sorry   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
Bye   
બાય (Bāya)   

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

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Kathiyawadi   

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

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Kharwa   

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
50.00 million   
22

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
anglais   
goudjrati   

German Name
Englisch   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
3   
3
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
guj   

ISO 639 3
eng   
guj   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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English and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of English vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of English and Gujarati language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Gujarati Language History.

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

English vs Gujarati Difficulty

The English vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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