IA languages split into Northern, Eastern, and Western divisions based on the innovate characteristics such as plosives becoming voiced in the Northern (Skt.New IA (modern languages such as Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, etc.)Īnother view postulates successive family tree splits, in which Gujarati is assumed to have separated from other IA languages in four stages:.Middle IA (various Prakrits and Apabhramshas).The traditional practice is to differentiate the IA languages on the basis of three historical stages: Gujarati (sometimes spelled Gujerati, Gujarathi, Guzratee, Guujaratee, Gujrathi, and Gujerathi) is a modern Indo-Aryan (IA) language evolved from Sanskrit. History 1666 manuscript of a 6th-century Jain Prakrit text with a 1487 commentary in Old Gujarati Elsewhere, Gujarati is spoken to a lesser extent in Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and Middle Eastern countries such as Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Gujarati is also spoken in Southeast Africa, particularly in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and South Africa.
In Europe, Gujaratis form the second largest of the British South Asian speech communities, and Gujarati is the fourth most commonly spoken language in the UK's capital London. In North America, Gujarati is one of the fastest-growing and most widely spoken Indian languages in the United States and Canada.
Gujarati is also widely spoken in many countries outside South Asia by the Gujarati diaspora. Outside of Gujarat, Gujarati is spoken in many other parts of South Asia by Gujarati migrants, especially in Mumbai and Pakistan (mainly in Karachi). It is the 26th most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers as of 2007. As of 2011, Gujarati is the 6th most widely spoken language in India by number of native speakers, spoken by 55.5 million speakers which amounts to about 4.5% of the total Indian population.
It is also the official language in the state of Gujarat, as well as an official language in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. In India, it is one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Union. Gujarati is descended from Old Gujarati ( c. Gujarati ( / ˌ ɡ ʊ dʒ ə ˈ r ɑː t i/ GUUJ-ə- RAH-tee Gujarati script: ગુજરાતી, romanized: Gujarātī, pronounced ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. List of languages by number of native speakers in India Light red are regions with significant minorities, dark red a majority or pluralityĬonstitutionally recognised languages of IndiaĢ2 Official Languages of the Indian RepublicĮighth Schedule to the Constitution of India
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