Gujarati

E8599
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.

Dandi → languageSpoken → Gujarati ⓘ
Dina Wadia → languageSpoken → Gujarati ⓘ
Indulal Yagnik → languageSpoken → Gujarati ⓘ
Jhaverba Patel → languageSpoken → Gujarati ⓘ
Mahadev Desai → languageSpoken → Gujarati ⓘ
Rajkot → languageSpoken → Gujarati ⓘ
Rann of Kutch → languageSpoken → Gujarati ⓘ
subject surface form: Sam Manekshaw
Asian American → languageUsed → Gujarati ⓘ
Indians → majorLanguage → Gujarati ⓘ
Kutch → majorLanguage → Gujarati ⓘ
Devdas Gandhi → nativeLanguage → Gujarati ⓘ
Ahmedabad → officialLanguage → Gujarati ⓘ
Jamnagar → officialLanguage → Gujarati ⓘ
subject surface form: Porbandar
Rajkot → officialLanguage → Gujarati ⓘ
Rajpipla → officialLanguage → Gujarati ⓘ
Kathiawari → partOf → Gujarati ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gujarati language
India → recognizedLanguage → Gujarati ⓘ
Gujarati script → scriptFor → Gujarati ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Gujarati