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
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Bengali Language
Old German Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Not present
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
-
Dialect 2
Kharwa
Not present
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
-
Dialect 3
Surati
Not present
Second Language Speakers
-
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
goudjrati
sanskrit
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Sanskrit speakers
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Sanskrit
Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
-
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
guja1252
sans1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic
Gujarati and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Gujarati and Sanskrit language. Gujarati word for "Hello" is નમસ્તે (namaste) or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Gujarati Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Gujarati vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Gujarati vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Gujarati Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Gujarati and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Gujarati is 18 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.