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Gujarati and Nepali


Nepali and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
India  
Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
-  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
31  
21
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
कृपया  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Doteli  

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

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Bajhangi  

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

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Surati  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
-  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
goudjrati  
népalais  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
15  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Nepali  

Language Position
23  
21
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
nep  

ISO 639 3
guj  
npi  

ISO 639 6
guj  
nep  

Glottocode
guja1252  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Gujarati and Nepali Speaking population

Gujarati and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Gujarati vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Nepali Language Codes

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

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