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Gujarati and Japanese


Japanese and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
-  
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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
31  
21
14  
4

Scripts
Devanagari  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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
46,000,000.00  
16
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Hakata  

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

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Surati  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
-  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Nihongo  

French Name
goudjrati  
japonais  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
15  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Japanese  

Language Position
23  
21
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
guj  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
guj  
jpn  

Glottocode
guja1252  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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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.

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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.

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