Gujarātī   

Gujarātī is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 46 million people in the Indian states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, and also in Bangladesh, Fiji, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Réunion, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Gujarātī script

The Gujarātī script was adapted from the Devanāgarī script to write the Gujarātī language. The earliest known document in the Gujarātī script is a manuscript dating from 1592, and the script first appeared in print in a 1797 advertisement. Until the 19th century it was used mainly for writing letters and keeping accounts, while the Devanāgarī script was used for literature and academic writings.

Notable Features

• Type of writing system: Abugida / Syllabic Alphabet
• Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines.
• The Gujarātī script is also known as the śarāphi (banker's), vāṇiāśāi (merchant's) or mahājani (trader's) script.
• Gujarātī is a syllabic alphabet in that consonants all have an inherent vowel.
• Vowels can be written as independent letters, or by using a variety of diacritical marks which are written above, below, before or after the consonant they belong to.
• Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines
• Script family: Proto-Sinaitic, Phoenician, Aramaic, Brāhmī, Gupta, Siddham, Nāgarī, Gujarati
• Used to write: Gujarātī and Kutchi

Vowels (સ્વરો)

Consonants (વ્યંજનો)

Conjunct consonants

Numerals

Downloads

Download Gujarati alphabet charts in Excel (includes all conjuncts), Word or PDF format

Sample text in Gujarātī

Transliteration

Pratiṣṭhā anē adikhārōnī dr̥ṣṭinē sarvē mānavō janmathī svatantra anē samān hōy chē. Tēmanāmāṁ vicārśakti anē antaḥkaraṇ hōy chē anē tēmaṇē paraspar bandhutvanī vartavuṁ jōiē.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Thanks to Arvind Iyengar (अरविंद अय्यंगार) for providing the sample text.

Information about Gujarati | Phrases | Numbers | Time | Tower of Babel | Learning materials

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Links

Information about Gujarati
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarati_language

Online Gujarati courses
http://www.ukindia.com/zguj1.htm
http://mylanguages.org/gujarati_audio.php
http://www.languagereef.com/lr/
http://learn101.org/gujarati.php
http://learnmarathiwithkaushik.com/gujarati-from-english/
http://polymath.org/gujarati.php

Online Gujarati lexicon - dictionary, thesaurus, idioms, spellchecker
http://www.gujaratilexicon.com

Gujarati phrases
http://utopianvision.co.uk/gujarati/phrases/
http://www.masteranylanguage.com/cgi/f/rView.pl?pc=MALGujarati&tc=CommonPhrases&vm=fc&la=&sw=1
http://www.gujaratilexicon.com

Gujarati numbers
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Gujarati/Numbers
http://kids.baps.org/gujarati/numbers/index.htm
http://mylanguages.org/gujarati_numbers.php
http://learn-gujarati-from-english.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/numbers-in-gujarati-part-1.html

Free Gujarati fonts
http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Gujarati.html
http://www.fototext.com/download.htm

Gujarati Language and Literature
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/gujarati/

Online Gujarati news
http://www.gujaratsamachar.com
http://www.sambhaav.com
http://www.sandesh.com
http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in

Indo-Aryan languages

Awadhi, Assamese, Bagri, Bengali, Bhili, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Braj, Chakma, Chhattisgarhi, Chittagonian, Desiya, Dhatki, Dhivehi, Dhundari, Fiji Hindi, Gawar Bati, Gujarati, Hajong, Halbi, Haryanvi, Hindi, Hindko, Kannauji, Khandeshi, Konkani, Kotia, Kumaoni, Kutchi, Lambadi, Marathi, Marwari, Mewari, Modi, Nimadi, Odia, Parkari Koli, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Rajbanshi, Rangpuri, Rohingya, Saraiki, Sarnámi Hindustani, Sindhi, Sinhala, Sourashtra, Sugali, Sylheti, Tanchangya, Urdu

Abugidas / Syllabic alphabets

Ahom, Aima, Arleng, Badagu, Badlit, Basahan, Balinese, Balti-A, Balti-B, Batak, Baybayin, Bengali, Bhaiksuki, Bhujimol, Bilang-bilang, Bima, Blackfoot, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Carrier, Chakma, Cham, Cree, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dham Lipi, Dhankari / Sirmauri, Ditema, Dives Akuru, Dogra, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Fraser, Gond, Goykanadi, Grantha, Gujarati, Gunjala Gondi, Gupta, Gurmukhi, Halbi Lipi, Hanifi, Hanuno'o, Hočąk, Ibalnan, Inuktitut, Jaunsari Takri, Javanese, Kaithi, Kadamba, Kamarupi, Kannada, Kawi, Kerinci, Kharosthi, Khema, Khe Prih, Khmer, Khojki, Khudabadi, Kirat Rai, Kōchi, Kulitan, Kurukh Banna, Lampung, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Lota Ende, Magar Akkha, Mahajani, Malayalam, Manpuri / Meitei (Modern), Manpuri (Old), Marchen, Meroïtic, Masarm Gondi, Modi, Mon, Mongolian Horizontal Square Script, Multani, Nandinagari, Newa, New Tai Lue, Ojibwe, Odia, Pahawh Hmong, Pallava, Phags-pa, Purva Licchavi, Qiang / Rma, Ranjana, Rejang (Kaganga), Sasak, Savara, Satera Jontal, Shan, Sharda, Siddham, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sukhothai, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagbanwa, Takri, Tamil, Tanchangya (Ka-Pat), Tani, Thaana, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigalari, Tikamuli, Tocharian, Tolong Siki, Vatteluttu, Warang Citi

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