Gujarati

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[edit] Introduction

The Gujarati language is an Indo-European language spoken in Gujarat, a state in Western India, and in many countries where Indians have emigrated. It is written from left to right with a specific alphabet similar to Devanagari, which is used to write Hindi and Sanskrit. This alphabet is in fact an abugida of 47 characters. Gujarati is a phonetic language with very few exceptions.

[edit] Contents

• Alphabet
• How to use Unicode in creating Gujarati script

Grammar

• Gender
• Plural
• Conjugation
  • Present
  • Past
  • Future
• Pronouns

Vocabulary

• Numbers
• Family relations
• Common phrases

[edit] See also

• Gujarati language (Wikipedia)
• Gujarati Wiktionary
• Hindi course

[edit] External links

• Gujarati on Omniglot. Thorough explanation of writing system with excellent chart.
• Gujarati Lexicon. Dictionary and thesaurus.
• Teach Yourself Gujarati by Professor Rachel Dwyer[1]. Excellent all-round textbook. Audio accompaniment part 1 [2] and part 2 [3]. From 1995.
• A Simplified Grammar of the Gujarati Language. Detailed and accurate grammar. From 1892.