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Japanese and Gujarati


Gujarati and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Bengali Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
14  
4
31  
21

Scripts
Kana  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
18 weeks  
4

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
નમસ્તે (namaste)  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
બાય (Bāya)  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Kathiyawadi  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Kharwa  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Surati  

Where They Speak
kansai  
-  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
56,000,000.00  
13

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
55.00 million  
16

Native Name
日本語  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  

French Name
japonais  
goudjrati  

German Name
Japanisch  
Gujarati-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
1185  
15  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
8  
8
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed Gujarati  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
gu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
guj  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
guj  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
guj  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
guj  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
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All Japanese and Gujarati Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Gujarati dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Gujarati language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Gujarati Dialects are spoken in different Gujarati speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Gujarati Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi , Kharwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Gujarati Speaking population

Japanese and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Gujarati on Japanese vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Gujarati Language Codes

Japanese and Gujarati language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Gujarati Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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