Countries
India
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
India
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4727
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3121
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Halo
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Sugeng énjing
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
tolong
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
Pamit
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Kangean
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kharwa
Bawean
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Surati
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
-
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.74 %0.23 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
50.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
55.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Madurese
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
goudjrati
madourais
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[madura]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Madurese
Origin
15
8th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Madurese
Language Position
2369
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gu
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
guj
mad
ISO 639 2/B
guj
mad
ISO 639 3
guj
mad
ISO 639 6
guj
-
Glottocode
guja1252
madu1247
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-