Gujarati

Also known as Guzrattee, Gujarati language

Indo-Aryan language that is spoken on the state of Gujarat

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Gujarati is a language spoken in the Indian state of Gujarat and belongs to the Indo-Aryan language family. It matters as the primary language of millions of people in Gujarat and represents an important part of India's linguistic and cultural diversity.

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P11012: Camila Brait
Commons category: Gujarati language
Wikimedia language code: gu
native label: ગુજરાતી
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/GUJ
P10369: November
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 46857670
entry in abbreviations table: G.

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Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Gujarati (c. 1100–1500 CE). In India, it is one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Union. 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. 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 the 26th most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers as of 2007.

Gujarati, along with Meitei (alias Manipuri), hold the third place among the fastest growing languages of India, following Hindi (first place) and Kashmiri language (second place), according to the 2011 census of India.