Countries
India
India, Pakistan
National Language
India
Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
India
Regulated By
NA
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
خوش آمديد
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
گڈ مارننگ
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
معاف کرنا
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Dakhini
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kharwa
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
India
Dialect 3
Not Available
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Not Available
South Asia
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Bihari
French Name
goudjrati
ourdou
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Urdu
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Not Available
Origin
15
12th Century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Modern Standard Urdu
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
guja1252
urdu1245
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Gujarati and Urdu 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 Urdu dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Urdu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Urdu Dialects are spoken in different Urdu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Urdu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Urdu dialects include: Dakhini , Hyderabadi Urdu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Gujarati and Urdu Speaking population
Gujarati and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Gujarati vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Gujarati and Urdu Language Codes
Gujarati and Urdu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Urdu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.