Countries
India
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
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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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
-
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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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4743
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
811
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3134
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
46,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kharwa
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Surati
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
813
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.74 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
50.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
55.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
goudjrati
bhojpuri
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
15
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Bhojpuri
Language Position
2337
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gu
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
guj
bho
ISO 639 2/B
guj
bho
ISO 639 3
guj
bho
ISO 639 6
guj
bho
Glottocode
guja1252
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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