Countries
India
Fiji, India
National Language
India
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
NA
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Urdu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Khariboli
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Not Available
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
goudjrati
hindi
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Hindi
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Hindustani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Standard Hindi
Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
hins
Glottocode
guja1252
hind1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Gujarati and Hindi 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 Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Hindi language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Hindi Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati Alphabets and Hindi 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 Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.