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Gujarati and Punjabi


Punjabi and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
47  
27
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
31  
21
41  
30

Scripts
Devanagari  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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
46,000,000.00  
16
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Saraiki  

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

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Surati  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
-  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
54.30 million  
17

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  

History

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
23  
21
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

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  

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

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Gujarati and Punjabi Speaking population

Gujarati and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Gujarati vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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