Gujarati

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Indo-Aryan language language

Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat and by Gujarati communities worldwide.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Gujarati language 2
Old Gujarati 2
Standard Gujarati 2

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
ancestor Gujarati self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old Gujarati

Sanskrit ⓘ
Shauraseni Prakrit ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Hindi ⓘ
Marwari ⓘ
Rajasthani ⓘ
derivedFrom Devanagari script ⓘ
ethnicGroup Gujarati people ⓘ
family Indo-European languages ⓘ
hasDialects Charotari ⓘ
Gujarati self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: East African Gujarati

Kathiawari ⓘ
Kharwa ⓘ
Patnuli ⓘ
Gujarati self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standard Gujarati

Surti ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature ergative alignment in perfective aspect ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature three-way stop contrast in many positions ⓘ
ISO639-1Code gu ⓘ
ISO639-2Code guj ⓘ
ISO639-3Code guj ⓘ
languageBranch Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
surface form: Western Indo-Aryan languages
languageOf Gujarati diaspora ⓘ
nativeTo Gujarat ⓘ
numberOfSpeakers tens of millions ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Pakistan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
region Western India ⓘ
script Gujarati script ⓘ
spokenIn Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
India ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
standardizedIn 20th century ⓘ
subfamily Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
usedIn Gujarati literature ⓘ
Gujarati media ⓘ
education in Gujarat ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem abugida ⓘ

Referenced by (72)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gujarati → ancestor → Gujarati self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Gujarati
this entity surface form: Old Gujarati
Konkani → closelyRelatedTo → Gujarati ⓘ
Rajasthani → closelyRelatedTo → Gujarati ⓘ
Patel → ethnicAssociation → Gujarati ⓘ
Chetna Maroo → ethnicGroup → Gujarati ⓘ
Jhaverba Patel → ethnicGroup → Gujarati ⓘ
Karamchand → ethnicGroup → Gujarati ⓘ
subject surface form: Karamchand Gandhi
Mahadev Desai → ethnicGroup → Gujarati ⓘ
Maniben Patel → ethnicGroup → Gujarati ⓘ
Manilal Gandhi → ethnicGroup → Gujarati ⓘ
Narhari Parikh → ethnicGroup → Gujarati ⓘ
Putlibai → ethnicGroup → Gujarati ⓘ
Iron Man of India → ethnicGroup → Gujarati ⓘ
subject surface form: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Dina Wadia → ethnicity → Gujarati ⓘ
Gujarati people → ethnicity → Gujarati ⓘ
Kathiawari → hasAlternativeName → Gujarati ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kathiawar Gujarati
Gujarati → hasDialects → Gujarati self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Gujarati
Gujarati → hasDialects → Gujarati self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: East African Gujarati
Ahirani → hasInfluenceFrom → Gujarati ⓘ
Samuel → hasLanguageForm → Gujarati ⓘ
Anish → hasLanguageOfUse → Gujarati ⓘ
Gujarat → hasOfficialLanguage → Gujarati ⓘ
subject surface form: Nadiad
Prakrit → influenced → Gujarati ⓘ
Sanskrit → influenced → Gujarati ⓘ
Indian English → influencedBy → Gujarati ⓘ
Mumbai English → influencedBy → Gujarati ⓘ
Kathiawari → isDialectOf → Gujarati ⓘ
Gujarati people → language → Gujarati ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gujarati language
Junagadh → language → Gujarati ⓘ
Parsis → language → Gujarati ⓘ
Parsis → language → Gujarati ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parsi Gujarati
Rajputs → language → Gujarati ⓘ
Surat → language → Gujarati ⓘ
Rana → languageOfName → Gujarati ⓘ
subject surface form: Rana of Porbandar
Gandhi → languageOfOrigin → Gujarati ⓘ
subject surface form: Indian Opinion
Bombay Island → languageRegion → Gujarati ⓘ