Gujarati/Alphabet
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[edit] Combinations: consonants and vowels
As an example, the combinations of the ક consonant (k) with the vowels:
- ક્ + અ = ક
- ક્ + આ = કા
- ક્ + ઇ = કિ
- ક્ + ઈ = કી
- ક્ + ઉ = કુ
- ક્ + ઊ = કૂ
- ક્ + ઋ = કૃ
- ક્ + એ = કે
- ક્ + ઐ = કૈ
- ક્ + ઓ = કો
- ક્ + ઔ = કૌ
Special cases:
- ર્ + ઉ = રુ
- ર્ + ઊ = રૂ
[edit] Alphabet
Here is the in the « alphabetic » order. The vowels come first, followed by consonants.
| Phoneme | Prononciation, transcription |
Example in English |
Example in Gujarati |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vowels | |||
| અ | a (short) or e muet | (', ) | |
| આ | â (long) | આળસુ (âlsou, lazy) | |
| ઇ | i (short) | (', ) | |
| ઈ | î (long) | rire | (', ) |
| ઉ | ou (short) | ઉર્દૂ (Urdu) | |
| ઊ | oû (long) | (oûn, ) | |
| ઋ | ri | (richi, ) | |
| ઍન્જેલા (Angela) | |||
| એ | é | clé | એક (ek, one) |
| ઐ | éï | (', ) | |
| o (long, open) | () | ||
| ઓ | ô (closed) | ઓરડો (ôrdô, room) | |
| ઔ | aô (long) | (', ) | |
| ા | â (long, inside a word) | (', ) | |
| િ | i (short, inside a word) | (', ) | |
| ી | i (long, inside a word) | (', ) | |
| ou (short, inside a word) | (', ) | ||
| oû (long, inside a word) | (', ) | ||
| ri (inside a word) | (', ) | ||
| o (short, open, inside a word) |
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| é (inside a word) | આજે (âjé, aujourd'hui) | ||
| éï (inside a word) | ( , ) | ||
| o (long, open, inside a word) |
(', ) | ||
| ો | ô (closed, inside a word) | (', ) | |
| ૌ | aô (inside a word) | (naô, neuf) | |
| (anusvâr, nasalise the preceding vowel) | रंग (', ) | ||
| (chandrabindu, nasalise the preceding vowel) | on, an | (fransîsî, français) | |
| ah (inside a word, seuls les deux points sont utilisés) |
(', ) | ||
| Consonants | |||
| ક | k | कमरा (kamrâ, chambre) | |
| ખ | kh | लिखना (likhnâ, to write) | |
| ગ | g | gare | गाना (gânâ, song) |
| ઘ | gh | घर (ghar, maison) | |
| ચ | ch | tchéchène | चार (tchâr, quatre) |
| છ | chh | छे (tchhé, six) | |
| જ | dj | jean | जाना (djânâ, to go) |
| ઝ | djh | झूठ (djhoûth, mensonge) | |
| ઞ | gn (uniquement en combinaison avec च छ ज झ) | ||
| ટ | t | पेट (pét, stomach) (टोपी, chapeau) | |
| ઠ | th | मराठी (marathi) | |
| ડ | d | एडी (édî, poignet) | |
| ઢ | dh | ढेर (dhér, tard) | |
| ણ | n | अणु (anou, atom, molecule) | |
| ત | t | तमिल (tamil, Tamil) | |
| થ | th | हाथ (hâth, main) | |
| દ | d | दो (dô, two) | |
| ધ | dh | दूध (doûdh, milk) | |
| ન | n | nom | नमक (namak, sel) |
| પ | p | papa | पति (pati, époux, mari) |
| ફ | ph, f | सफेद (safed, white) | |
| બ | b | ballon | बीस (bîs, twenty) |
| ભ | bh | भारत (bhârat, Inde) | |
| મ | m | maman | माथा (mâthâ, tête) |
| ય | y | yack | चाय (tchây, tea, thé) |
| ર | r | रविवार (ravivâr, sunday, dimanche) | |
| લ | l | lac | लाना (lânâ, apporter) |
| ળ | l | ' | (', ) |
| વ | v, w | हवा (hawâ, air) | |
| શ | sh (ch mouillé) | allemand mich | शनिवार (shanivâr,samedi) |
| ષ | ch | chat | भाषा (bhâchâ, language, langue) |
| સ | s | s | सात (sât, seven, sept) |
| હ | h | होना (honâ, être) | |
| ़ | |||
| ् | (pour supprimer la voyelle implicite) | ||
| ॏ | |||
| ॐ | Ôm | ||
| ॓ | |||
| ॔ | |||
| । | . (fin de phrase) | ||
| ॥ | (marque la fin d'une rime en poésie) |
