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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gujarati script canonical | 23 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brahmic script
ⓘ
abugida ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Indo-Aryan cultural sphere ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Devanagari script
ⓘ
Nagari script ⓘ
surface form:
Nagari scripts
|
| hasAlternateName | ગુજરાતી લિપિ ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
consonant-based script with inherent vowel
ⓘ
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 ⓘ |
| hasDigitSet | Gujarati digits ૦ ૧ ૨ ૩ ૪ ૫ ૬ ૭ ૮ ૯ ⓘ |
| hasEncoding | supported in major digital fonts and operating systems ⓘ |
| hasISO15924Number | 320 ⓘ |
| hasPunctuation | uses danda (।) in some traditional texts ⓘ |
| hasTeaching | taught in primary schools in Gujarat ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeVersion | Unicode 1.1 and later ⓘ |
| hasVowelCount | approximately 12 vowel letters including diacritics ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopment | standardized during the 16th–19th centuries ⓘ |
| inherentVowel | /ə/ or /a/ following consonants unless modified ⓘ |
| partOf | Brahmic family of scripts ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bengali script
ⓘ
surface form:
Bengali-Assamese script
Devanagari script ⓘ Gurmukhi ⓘ
surface form:
Gurmukhi script
|
| scriptFor |
Gujarati
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Gujarati
several dialects of Gujarati ⓘ |
| standardLanguageCode | ISO 15924 code: Gujr ⓘ |
| unicodeBlock | Gujarati (0A80–0AFF) ⓘ |
| usedByCommunity |
Gujarati people
ⓘ
Parsi community in Gujarat ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Gujarati literature
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
surface form:
Gujarat, India
Gujarati diaspora communities worldwide ⓘ |
| visualFeature |
absence of top headline in most letters
ⓘ
rounded letterforms compared to Devanagari ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | alphasyllabary ⓘ |
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.