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  Gujarati Language and Literature
Gujarati is the official language of Gujarat state, on the west coast of India, with an area of 196,024 square kilometers.
This includes Gujaratis living outside Gujarat state, in Maharashtra (Mumbai has a substantial Gujarati population), Rajasthan, Madhyapradesh and Karnatak.
Gujarati speakers also reside in many other countries, principally Pakistan, Singapore, Fiji, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United states, and Canada.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /plc/gujarati   (152 words)

  
 Ukindia Learn Gujarati Page
Gujarati is a language of the Center West part of India.
Gujarati does not have a line on top of the word like Hindi does and some classical Gujarati in fact is written in the Hindi script.
I could speak Gujarati, and understood it too, but only recently after explicitly thinking about the languages i had obtained a grade in, i realised that Gujarati was the only one i hadnt a GCSE in.
www.ukindia.com /zguj1.htm   (1324 words)

  
  Some Gujarati language resources
Gujarati is an Indic language spoken by approximately 44,000,000 people, primarily in the state of Gujarat on the western coast of India but also by sizeable communities elsewhere in South Asia and worldwide.
Most of the Gujarati textbooks published in India that I've seen are linguistically quite naive, amounting to little more than a collection of example sentences in Gujarati and English, with little or no analysis of the underlying grammatical rules of the language.
Probably quite useful in the context for which it was intended, teaching Gujarati to secondary school teachers already familiar with one or more North Indian languages, but probably not very useful for solo study or for non-Indian students.
www.aprendizdetodo.com /gujarati   (545 words)

  
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Gujarati is spoken principally in the state of Gujarat, westernmost India, bordering Pakistan and the Arabian Sea.
Mostly vegetarian, Gujarati cuisine is delightfully delicious with a combination of leafy vegetables and pulses subtly flavoured with spices to the accompaniment of rice and a variety of breads.
The typical Gujarati meal basically bland, served traditionally on large silver or stainless steel platters; thali consists of one variety of dal, Kadhi- a curd preparation, two to three vegetables and pulses, salad savories, sweets, puri or chappati, rice chutneys, hot pickles and papad.
www.lycos.com /info/gujarati.html   (388 words)

  
 Gujarati language at AllExperts
Gujarati is the chief language of India's Gujarat state, as well as the adjacent union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Gujarati was the mother-tongue of Shri Mohandas ("Mahatma") Gandhi, the "father of India", Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the "father of Pakistan" and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the "iron man of India".
Gujarati is written using the Gujarati script, an abugida (alphasyllabary) very similar to Devanagari (the script used for Sanskrit, Marathi and Hindi), but without the characteristic horizontal line (matra) running across the top of the letters.
en.allexperts.com /e/g/gu/gujarati_language.htm   (1268 words)

  
 Iranica.com - GUJARATI
GUJARATI (or Gojarati), the mother tongue of Gujaratis, which has been for centuries a vehicle of thought and expression for Hindus, Parsis, and Muslims of Gu-jarat in western India.
Sanskrit and Gujarati words form the ground work, but the superstructure is composed of Avestan, Pahlavi, and Persian words and phrases, which make it difficult for an ordinary Gujarati to follow and appreciate the beauty of the verses.
Although Parsi Gujarati was used by a large number of Parsi authors for the benefit of their community, some authors, in search of purer artistic expression, resorted to Gujarati proper.
www.iranica.com /articles/v11f4/v11f4020.html   (1302 words)

  
 Gujarati
Gujarati is spoken by 45.5 million people in India, primarily in the state of Gujarat in the western part of the country (Ethnologue).
Gujarati is one of the official regional languages of India.
Gujarati is written in the Gujarati script, an abugida very similar to Devanagari but without the line at the top of the letters and a few other differences, as you can see from the examples below.
www.nvtc.gov /lotw/months/february/gujarati.html   (509 words)

  
 Gujarati - Un-Reached People Group Of Malaysia
The Gujarati are primarily classified as the inhabitants of the state of Gujarat, western India.
Living conditions in these countries vary; however, the Gujarati who have emigrated are usually from the higher, wealthier castes and have maintained many aspects of their own culture.
The Gujarati Hindus hope to better their positions in this life and in the life to come by exhibiting charity, being devoted to the gods, and showing mercy to fellow humans and cows.
www.seamist.org /peoples/gujarati-malay.shtml   (628 words)

  
 Gujarati Translation Service - English to Gujarati Translation   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Standard Gujarati (Saurashtra Standard, Nagari, Bombay Gujarati, Patnuli), Gamadia (Gramya, Surati, Anawla, Brathela, Eastern Broach Gujarati, Charotari, Patidari, Vadodari, Ahmedabad Gamadia, Patani), Parsi, Kathiyawadi (Jhalawadi, Sorathi, Holadi, Gohilwadi, Bhawnagari), Kharwa, Kakari, Tarimuki (Ghisadi).
Pakistani Gujarati is probably a subdialect of Patani (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977).
The Memoni ethnic group in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, and other parts of Pakistan are reported to speak a variety closer to Gujarati, while those in India are reported to speak a variety of Kachchi.
www.appliedlanguage.com /languages/gujarati_translation.shtml   (538 words)

  
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About 35 per cent of the Gujaratis must be patels, the rest belong to vania, lohana and other castes.
Gujarati businessmen have been active in Africa since the 13th century.
The entire Gujarati community of the UK is now becoming conscious about teaching their children Gujarati.
www.gujaratiworld.co.uk /globguj.html   (3194 words)

  
 Gujarati
During the first year of Gujarati, major emphasis is placed on acquiring phonetics, grammatical patterns, and basic vocabulary.
From the outset, students are also taught the Gujarati writing system, which is used for all materials.
During the second year of Gujarati, students are introduced to progressively more difficult reading selections, along with additional instructions in the formal grammar of the language.
www.sas.upenn.edu /~wheelerm/gujarati.htm   (165 words)

  
 OHCHR: Gujarati () - Universal Declaration of Human Rights   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It belongs to the Indo-European family, Indic group and is spoken by over 40 million people, and is spoken principally in the state of Gujarat, westernmost India, bordering on Pakistan and the Arabian Sea.
Gujarati is written in an alphabet similar to that used by Sanskrit and Hindi (Devanagari) but without the continuous horizontal line running along the top.
Gujarati is also the language of a large part of the Indian immigrant community in East Africa, Britain and the Americas, as well as of the Muslim Ismaili community (where the Arabic script is mainly used), with words derived from Persian and Arabic.
www.unhchr.ch /udhr/lang/gjr.htm   (152 words)

  
 Bawarchi: Saroj's Cookbook: Gujarati Dishes   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This week I am pleased to bring to you a delicious array of gujarati dishes originating from the western Indian state of Gujarat.
The recipes are comparatively simple and easy to follow even for those who have ventured into the world of cooking recently and do not have much experience to fall back on.
Most gujarati delicacies have very balanced ingredients using a fair amount of dals, flours, rice, andlots of greens and vegetables with a dash of sweetness here and there.
www.bawarchi.com /cookbook/gujarati.html   (97 words)

  
 Gujarati OpenType specification
Gujarati is closely related to Devanagari and is used to write the Gujarati language of north India.
Registered features of the Gujarati script are defined and illustrated, encodings are listed, and templates are included for compiling Gujarati layout tables for OpenType fonts.
In addition to being a primer and specification for the creation and support of Gujarati fonts, this document is intended to more broadly illustrate the OpenType Layout architecture, feature schemes, and operating system support for shaping and positioning text.
www.microsoft.com /typography/otfntdev/gujartot   (245 words)

  
 Gujarati Unicode Fonts
The Gujarati script is a Brahmi-derived writing system used for Gujarati (the state language of Gujarat, India) and other languages such as Kachchi.
The Unicode implementation of Gujarati is described in chapter 9 (South Asian Scripts) of The Unicode Standard, Version 4.0.
Names, images, properties and additional background/non-technical information about the Gujarati Unicode block and its characters can be found on decodeunicode's Gujarati block page (in English and German/Deutsch).
www.wazu.jp /gallery/Fonts_Gujarati.html   (523 words)

  
 Ancient Scripts: Gujarati
The Gujarati script is one of the modern scripts of India, and is derived from the Devanagari script during the 16th century CE.
The major difference between Gujarati and Devanagari is the lack of the top horizontal bar in Gujarati.
The Gujarati script is used in the state of Gujarat in western India to write the Gujarati language.
www.ancientscripts.com /gujarati.html   (102 words)

  
 Ethnologue 14 report for language code:GJR
Some Pakistani dialects are closer to standard Gujarati than others.
Pakistani Gujarati is probably a subdialect of Patani (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977).
The Memoni ethnic group in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, and other parts of Pakistan are reported to speak a variety closer to Gujarati, while those in India are reported to speak a variety of Kachchi.
www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=GJR   (233 words)

  
 Your source for Gujarati books & Gujarati publications.
Your source for Gujarati books & Gujarati publications.
Gujarati Comedy Natak 20 VCD Pack Jumbo Offer
Type the characters you see in the picture.
www.gujaratibooks.com   (61 words)

  
 Chitralekha :: Gujarati Magazine, Gujarati Language, Gujarati News & Gujarati Community portal from India
Chitralekha :: Gujarati Magazine, Gujarati Language, Gujarati News & Gujarati Community portal from India
Do you support Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's decision to cut short a TV interview in a huff after he was repeatedly asked about the post-Godhra riots?
Gujarati Language and Gujarati Community portal offers you Gujarati News, shopping, food and much more...
www.chitralekha.com   (157 words)

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