National Language
India
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Palau
Regulated By
NA
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Sanuki
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Not Available
Kansai
Where They Speak
Not Available
kansai
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
日本語
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Not Available
French Name
goudjrati
japonais
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Japanese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
guja1252
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Gujarati and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Gujarati and Japanese Speaking population
Gujarati and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Gujarati vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Gujarati and Japanese Language Codes
Gujarati and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.