Countries
India
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
India
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
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Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4752
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
816
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3136
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Kokan
How Many People Speak
46,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kharwa
Varhadi
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Surati
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
-
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
842
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.74 %1.10 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
50.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
55.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
goudjrati
marathe
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Marathi people
Origin
15
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Marathi
Language Position
2317
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gu
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
guj
mar
ISO 639 2/B
guj
mar
ISO 639 3
guj
mar
ISO 639 6
guj
mar
Glottocode
guja1252
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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