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Gujarati and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Bengali Language  
Old German Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
16  
13

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
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
20 weeks  
5

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
शुभः सायंकालः  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
शुभ दुपार  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
कृपया (kripayā)  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Not present  

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

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Not present  

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

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
140,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Surati  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
14.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
14.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
-  

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  

French Name
goudjrati  
sanskrit  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Sanskrit  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Sanskrit speakers  

History

Origin
15  
2000 B.C.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
Vedic Sanskrit  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Sanskrit  

Language Position
23  
21
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
-  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
sa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
san  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
san  

ISO 639 3
guj  
san  

ISO 639 6
guj  
san  

Glottocode
guja1252  
sans1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Ancient  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Gujarati and Sanskrit Speaking population

Gujarati and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Gujarati vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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