Gujarati

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

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Gujarati canonical 201
Gujarati language 6
Old Gujarati 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
language
ancestor Old Gujarati
linked to: Gujarati

Sanskrit
Shauraseni Prakrit
closelyRelatedTo Hindi
Marwari
Rajasthani
derivedFrom Devanagari script
ethnicGroup Gujarati people
family Indo-European languages
hasDialects Charotari
East African Gujarati
linked to: Gujarati

Kathiawari
Kharwa
Patnuli
Standard Gujarati
linked to: 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 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
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
standardizedIn 20th century
subfamily Indo-Iranian languages
usedIn Gujarati literature
Gujarati media
education in Gujarat
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystem abugida

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Referenced by (216)

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

India recognizedLanguage Gujarati
Indian English influencedBy Gujarati
Porbandar officialLanguage Gujarati
subject linked to: Porbandar, Gujarat, India
Indian Opinion languageOfWorkOrName Gujarati
subject linked to: Indian Opinion (newspaper)
Sanskrit influenced Gujarati
Asian American languageUsed Gujarati
Gujarati ancestor Old Gujarati
linked to: Gujarati
Gujarati hasDialects Standard Gujarati
linked to: Gujarati
Gujarati hasDialects East African Gujarati
linked to: Gujarati
Gujarat hasOfficialLanguage Gujarati
Parsis language Gujarati
Parsis language Parsi Gujarati
linked to: Gujarati
Ahmedabad officialLanguage Gujarati
Samuel hasLanguageForm Gujarati
Mahadev Desai ethnicGroup Gujarati
Mahadev Desai languageSpoken Gujarati
Rana of Porbandar languageOfName Gujarati
subject linked to: Rana
Rajkot officialLanguage Gujarati
Rajkot languageSpoken Gujarati
Mumbai English influencedBy Gujarati
Jamnagar officialLanguage Gujarati
Ahirani hasInfluenceFrom Gujarati
Gujarati script scriptFor Standard Gujarati
linked to: Gujarati
Rajasthani closelyRelatedTo Gujarati
Manilal Gandhi ethnicGroup Gujarati
Dina Wadia ethnicity Gujarati
Dina Wadia languageSpoken Gujarati
Bombay Island languageRegion Gujarati
Rann of Kutch languageSpoken Gujarati
Konkani closelyRelatedTo Gujarati
Indians majorLanguage Gujarati
Prakrit influenced Gujarati
Anish hasLanguageOfUse Gujarati
Rajpipla officialLanguage Gujarati
Gujarati people ethnicity Gujarati
Gujarati people language Gujarati language
linked to: Gujarati
Gujarati people ancestralLanguage Old Gujarati
linked to: Gujarati
Surat language Gujarati
Kathiawari partOf Gujarati language
linked to: Gujarati
Kathiawari hasAlternativeName Kathiawar Gujarati
linked to: Gujarati
Kathiawari isDialectOf Gujarati