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Gujarati and Hindi


Hindi and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Central Hindi Directorate  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language  
Urdu  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
11  
8

How Many Consonants
31  
21
33  
23

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Surati  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
-  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
goudjrati  
hindi  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
15  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
23  
21
5  
5

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
hin  

ISO 639 3
guj  
hin  

ISO 639 6
guj  
hins  

Glottocode
guja1252  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Gujarati and Hindi Speaking population

Gujarati and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Gujarati and Hindi on Gujarati vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Hindi Language Codes

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

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