Gujarati language

Gujarati
	ગુજરાતી
	Gujarātī
	"Gujarati" in Gujarati script
Pronunciation	[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Native to	Gujarat; Daman and Diu; Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Region	Gujarat
Ethnicity	Gujaratis
Native speakers	49 million (2007)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Western Gujarati languages Gujarati; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Gujarati Middle Gujarati ;
Writing system	Gujarati alphabet (Brahmic); Gujarati Braille; Arabic script; Devanagari (historical)
Official status
Official language in	Gujarat (India); Daman and Diu (India); Dadra and Nagar Haveli (India)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	gu
ISO 639-2	guj
ISO 639-3	guj
Glottolog	guja1252
Linguasphere	59-AAF-h
	Distribution of native Gujarati speakers in India

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Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language. It is spoken in Gujarat, India and also in neighbouring Pakistan. It was the "mother tongue" of Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. There are millions of Gujaratis who speak it as their first language. Gujarati is the 20th most common language in the United States of America. Mahatma Gandhi, the India's leader, once said about the Gujarati language: "Bad handwriting is a sign of an uncomplete education".

ReferencesEdit

↑ Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in Nationalencyklopedin
↑ Ernst Kausen, 2006. Die Klassifikation der indogermanischen Sprachen (Microsoft Word, 133 KB)
↑ Dwyer 1995, p. 5

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[NE100-1] Mikael Parkvall, "Världens 100 största språk 2007" (The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007), in Nationalencyklopedin

[2] Ernst Kausen, 2006. Die Klassifikation der indogermanischen Sprachen (Microsoft Word, 133 KB)

[3] Dwyer 1995, p. 5

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Gujarati
ગુજરાતી
Gujarātī
"Gujarati" in Gujarati script
Pronunciation	[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Native to	Gujarat Daman and Diu Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Region	Gujarat
Ethnicity	Gujaratis
Native speakers	49 million (2007)^[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Western^[2] Gujarati languages Gujarati
Early forms	Old Gujarati Middle Gujarati
Writing system	Gujarati alphabet (Brahmic) Gujarati Braille Arabic script Devanagari (historical)
Official status
Official language in	Gujarat (India)^[3] Daman and Diu (India) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (India)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`gu`
ISO 639-2	`guj`
ISO 639-3	`guj`
Glottolog	`guja1252`
Linguasphere	`59-AAF-h`
Distribution of native Gujarati speakers in India