Gujarati language
Indo-Aryan language that is spoken on the state of Gujarat
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language. It is spoken in Gujarat, India and also in neighbouring Pakistan. 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.
| Gujarati | |
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| ગુજરાતી بازگشت | |
| Gujarātī | |
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| Pronunciation | [ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i] |
| Native to | India and Pakistan |
| Region | Gujarat (India) Sindh (Pakistan) |
| Ethnicity | Gujaratis |
Native speakers | 49 million (2007)[1] |
Early forms | |
| 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 | |
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| Constitutionally recognised languages of India | |
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| Scheduled Languages | |
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Official languages of India
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| Gujarati edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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
