Gujarati script
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The Gujarati script is an abugida used primarily to write the Gujarati language and related Indo-Aryan languages, derived from the Devanagari script and characterized by the absence of the horizontal headline.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Brahmic script
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abugida → writing system → |
| belongsTo |
Indo-Aryan cultural sphere
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| derivedFrom |
Devanagari script
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Nagari scripts → |
| hasAlternateName |
ગુજરાતી લિપિ
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| hasCharacteristic |
consonant-based script with inherent vowel
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does not use uppercase and lowercase distinction → has distinct signs for nasalization and aspiration → has ligatures for certain consonant clusters → has separate signs for independent vowels → lacks the continuous horizontal headline of Devanagari → uses dependent vowel signs → uses diacritics to modify consonants → uses punctuation influenced by Western and Devanagari conventions → |
| hasConsonantCount |
approximately 34 basic consonant letters
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| hasDigitSet |
Gujarati digits ૦ ૧ ૨ ૩ ૪ ૫ ૬ ૭ ૮ ૯
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| hasEncoding |
supported in major digital fonts and operating systems
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| hasISO15924Number |
320
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| hasPunctuation |
uses danda (।) in some traditional texts
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| hasTeaching |
taught in primary schools in Gujarat
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| hasUnicodeVersion |
Unicode 1.1 and later
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| hasVowelCount |
approximately 12 vowel letters including diacritics
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| historicalDevelopment |
standardized during the 16th–19th centuries
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| inherentVowel |
/ə/ or /a/ following consonants unless modified
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| partOf |
Brahmic family of scripts
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| relatedTo |
Bengali-Assamese script
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Devanagari script → Gurmukhi script → |
| scriptFor |
Standard Gujarati
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several dialects of Gujarati → |
| standardLanguageCode |
ISO 15924 code: Gujr
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| unicodeBlock |
Gujarati (0A80–0AFF)
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| usedByCommunity |
Gujarati people
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Parsi community in Gujarat → |
| usedFor |
Gujarati literature
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Gujarati newspapers and books → education and administration in Gujarat → writing several Indo-Aryan languages of Gujarat → writing the Avestan language in some Parsi contexts → writing the Gujarati language → writing the Kutchi language → |
| usedIn |
Gujarat, India
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Gujarati diaspora communities worldwide → |
| visualFeature |
absence of top headline in most letters
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rounded letterforms compared to Devanagari → |
| writingDirection |
left-to-right
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| writingSystemType |
alphasyllabary
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Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Gandhi
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Gujarati people → Indians → Indo-Aryan languages → Sanskrit → |
writingSystem |
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Brahmi script
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hasDescendant |
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Brahmic scripts
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influenced |
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Om
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script |
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Indo-Iranian languages
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writingSystemsInclude |