Countries
India
Total No. Of Countries
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
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.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
47
Rank: 27 (Overall)
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0
32
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How Many Consonants
31
Rank: 21 (Overall)
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks
Rank: 4 (Overall)
3
88
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
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
Rank: 16 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kharwa
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00
Rank: 13 (Overall)
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Surati
Where They Speak
-
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00
Rank: 13 (Overall)
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
8
Rank: 8 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.74 %
Rank: 25 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
50.00 million
Rank: 22 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
55.00 million
Rank: 16 (Overall)
0.01
400
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Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
goudjrati
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Origin
15
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
23
Rank: 21 (Overall)
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
ISO 639 1
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
guj
ISO 639 2/B
guj
ISO 639 3
guj
ISO 639 6
guj
Glottocode
guja1252
Linguasphere
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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