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Hindi vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Urdu  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hindi.jpg#200  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
8  
5

How Many Consonants
33  
23
31  
21

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Surati  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
-  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
हिन्दी  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
hindi  
goudjrati  

German Name
Hindi  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Hindustani people  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
7th Century  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
5  
5
23  
21

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hi  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
hin  
guj  

ISO 639 3
hin  
guj  

ISO 639 6
hins  
guj  

Glottocode
hind1269  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Hindi and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Gujarati language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hindi and Gujarati Language History.

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Hindi and Gujarati 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 Hindi and Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Gujarati language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hindi vs Gujarati Difficulty

The Hindi vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Hindi and Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.

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