Countries
India
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
-
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Telugu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4749
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
814
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3135
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Badaga
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kharwa
Urali
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
kerala
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Surati
Kurumba
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
820
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.74 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
50.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
55.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
goudjrati
kannada
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Kannadiga
Origin
15
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Modern Kannada
Language Position
2331
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gu
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
guj
kan
ISO 639 2/B
guj
kan
ISO 639 3
guj
kan
ISO 639 6
guj
kan
Glottocode
guja1252
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-