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Gujarati and Malaysian


Malaysian and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
India  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
24  
14

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
Hai  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
Selamat pagi  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
sila  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
maaf  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Bengkulu  

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

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Pekal  

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

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Surati  
Musi  

Where They Speak
-  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
goudjrati  
malais  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
15  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
23  
21
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
may  

ISO 639 3
guj  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
guj  
may  

Glottocode
guja1252  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Gujarati and Malaysian Speaking population

Gujarati and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Gujarati vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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