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Gujarati
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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.74 %
Rank: 25 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

50.00 million
Rank: 22 (Overall)
0 873
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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

History

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

Code

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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Origin of Gujarati language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Gujarati language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Gujarati language states that it was put to use in 15. The history of Gujarati language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Gujarati Language History.The evolution of Gujarati language began with early forms such as Old Gujarati. Modern Gujarati is the standard form of Gujarati language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Gujarati Language.

Gujarati population

Gujarati population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Gujarati language. Gujarati language is spoken by 60.00 million people in the world. Most of the Gujarati population lies in the Gujarati Speaking Countries. Gujarati language is spoken as first language by 50.00 million people and as second language by about 55.00 million people. Get to know Gujarati speaking population in detail.

Gujarati writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Gujarati writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Gujarati language. Some languages share common writing systems. Devanagari script is used by Gujarati language. Learn more about . 

Information about Gujarati language

Check out all the information about Gujarati language here. You may find it interesting to learn Gujarati Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Gujarati Speaking Countries, Gujarati speaking continents and Gujarati Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Gujarati countries knowing common Gujarati Greetings will help you in communicating with Gujarati people.