Gujarâtî

Introduction

The gujarâtî (or goudjarâtî , goudjarati ; local name: gujarātī/ગુજરાતી ) is a Indian language pertaining to the Indo-Iranian group of the family of the Indo-European Langues. He is spoken mainly in the State about Gujarat, in the west of the India. It is an official language recognized by the federal Constitution, derived from Prâkrit S, and very near to the Râjasthânî from which it derives; the Moslem speakers and Pârsî have, in fact, brought a great number of arabo-Persan terms to its lexicon. The gujarâtî is noted by means of a Alphasyllabaire very similar to the Devanâgarî but without the line continuous characteristic which connects the top of the characters. It counts approximately 46 million speakers.

History

Classification

The gujarâtî is a language apartment with the Indo-Iranian group of the Indo-European Langues. It is one of the languages closest to the Sanskrit.

Geographical distribution

The gujarâtî is spoken by approximately 46 million people in the world, including 45,5 million in India, 250.000 in Tanzania, 150.000 in Uganda, 100.000 with the Pakistan and 50.000 with the Kenya.

In India, the gujarâtî is the principal language of the State of the Gujarat and the territories Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

A big number of speakers live with the the United States (in the States of the New Jersey, of New York, the Texas and California) and with the the United Kingdom (Leicester and Wembley).

Official statute

The gujarâtî is official language of the State of the Gujarat, in India.

Dialects

  • standard Gujarâtî
    • Gujarâtî of Bombay
    • Nagari
    • Patnulî
    • standard Saurashtra

  • Gamadia

    • Anawla
    • Brathela
    • Eastern Broach gujarâtî
    • Charotari
    • Gamadia of Ahmedabad
    • Gramya
    • Patani
    • Patidari
    • Surati
    • Vadodari

  • Parsi

  • Kathiyawadi

    • Bhavnagari
    • Gohilwadi
    • Holadi
    • Jhalawadi
    • Sorathi

  • Kharwa

  • Kakari

  • Tarimuki

    • Ghisadi

Derived languages

  • Kutchhy

Writing

The gujarâtî is noted by means of a Alphasyllabaire, the Alphasyllabaire gujarati, very similar to the Devanâgarî but without the line continuous characteristic which connects the top of the characters.

Pronunciation

Grammar

Lexicon

Examples

See too

Internal bonds

External bonds

Simple: Gujarati language

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