Countries
India
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
India
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Hello
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
Thank you
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
How are you?
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Night
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Good Morning
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Please
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Sorry
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
I love you
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
American English
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kharwa
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Not Available
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
English
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Not Available
French Name
goudjrati
anglais
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Standard English
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
guja1252
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Gujarati and English Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Gujarati and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and English language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs English Difficulty
The Gujarati vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Gujarati and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.