Countries
India
India, Pakistan
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
NA
Not Available
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
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Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
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
Not Available
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Doabi
Where They Speak
Not Available
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
guja1252
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
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.