Countries
India
South Africa
National Language
India
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Molo
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Unjani
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Molo
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Ndicela
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
South Africa
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
South Africa
Dialect 3
Not Available
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Not Available
South Africa
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
goudjrati
xhosa
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
guja1252
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Gujarati and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Gujarati and Xhosa Speaking population
Gujarati and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Gujarati vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Gujarati and Xhosa Language Codes
Gujarati and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.