Countries
India
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
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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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4727
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3115
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Khurumjari
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Nongale haugatl
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Saobiganu
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
Chatcharage
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Loi
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
46,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kharwa
Pangal
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Surati
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
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Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.74 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
50.00 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
55.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
goudjrati
Meithei
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Meithei people
Origin
15
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Standard Meithei
Language Position
2338
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
gu
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
guj
mni
ISO 639 2/B
guj
mni
ISO 639 3
guj
mni
ISO 639 6
guj
mni
Glottocode
guja1252
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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