Countries
India
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4742
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
811
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3131
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Baleswari
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
India
How Many People Speak
46,000,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kharwa
Ganjami
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
India
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Surati
Kosli
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
88
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million33.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.74 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
50.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
55.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
goudjrati
oriya
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Odias
Origin
15
3 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Standard Odia
Language Position
2332
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
gu
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
guj
ori
ISO 639 2/B
guj
ori
ISO 639 3
guj
ori
ISO 639 6
guj
ori
Glottocode
guja1252
macr1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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