Countries
India
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
India
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4753
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
89
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3141
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Pothohari
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
46,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kharwa
Saraiki
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Surati
Doabi
Where They Speak
-
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
830
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.74 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
50.00 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
55.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
goudjrati
pendjabi
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Punjabis
Origin
15
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
2323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
gu
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
guj
pan
ISO 639 2/B
guj
pan
ISO 639 3
guj
pan
ISO 639 6
guj
panj
Glottocode
guja1252
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional