What is the Gujarati Language
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is native to the Indian state of Gujarat, and is its chief language, as well as of the adjacent union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
There are about 46 million speakers of Gujarati worldwide, making it the 26th most spoken native
language in the world. Along with Romany and Sindhi,
it is among the most western of Indo-Aryan languages. Gujarati was the first
language of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the "father of India", Mohammed Ali Jinnah,
the "father of Pakistan" and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the "iron man of
India"
Of the approximately 46 million speakers of Gujarati, roughly 45.5 million reside in India, 150 000 in Uganda, 250 000 in Tanzania, 50 000 in Kenya and roughly 100 000 in Pakistan. There is also a large Gujarati community in Mumbai, India.
The United Kingdom has 300 000 speakers, many of them situated in the London areas of Wembley, Harrow and Newham and in Leicester, Coventry and Bradford. A considerable population exists in North America as well. A portion of these numbers consists of East African Gujaratis who, under increasing discrimination and policies of Africanisation in their newly-independent resident countries (especially Uganda, where Idi Amin expelled 50 000 Asians), were left with uncertain futures and citizenships. Most, with British passports, settled in the UK.
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is native to the Indian state of Gujarat, and is its chief language, as well as of the adjacent union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
There are about 46 million speakers of Gujarati worldwide, making it the 26th most spoken native
language in the world. Along with Romany and Sindhi,
it is among the most western of Indo-Aryan languages. Gujarati was the first
language of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the "father of India", Mohammed Ali Jinnah,
the "father of Pakistan" and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the "iron man of
India"Of the approximately 46 million speakers of Gujarati, roughly 45.5 million reside in India, 150 000 in Uganda, 250 000 in Tanzania, 50 000 in Kenya and roughly 100 000 in Pakistan. There is also a large Gujarati community in Mumbai, India.
The United Kingdom has 300 000 speakers, many of them situated in the London areas of Wembley, Harrow and Newham and in Leicester, Coventry and Bradford. A considerable population exists in North America as well. A portion of these numbers consists of East African Gujaratis who, under increasing discrimination and policies of Africanisation in their newly-independent resident countries (especially Uganda, where Idi Amin expelled 50 000 Asians), were left with uncertain futures and citizenships. Most, with British passports, settled in the UK.
Below is a Gujarati leaflet translated and typeset In-house to match the
English layout
