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Gujart
Origin
The Gujart script was adapted from the Devangar script to write the Gujart language. The earliest known document in the Gujart script is a manuscript dating from 1592, and the script first appeared in print in a 1797 advertisement. Until the 19th century it was used mainly for writing letters and keeping accounts, while the Devangar script was used for literature and academic writings.

Notable Features

The Gujart script is also known as the arphi (banker's), vii (merchant's) or mahjani (trader's) script. Gujart is a syllabic alphabet in that consonants all have an inherent vowel. Vowels can be written as independent letters, or by using a variety of diacritical marks which are written above, below, before or after the consonant they belong to.

Used to write:
Gujart, an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 46 million people in the Indian states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, and also in Bangladesh, Fiji, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Runion, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Kutchi ( ), an Indo-Aryan language with about 866,000 speakers mainly in India in the Kutch region of Gujarat, and also in Sindh. There are also some Kutchi speakers in Trinidad and Tobago. Source: www.ethnologue.com

Gujart script
Vowels and vowel diacritics

Consonants

A selection of conjunct consonants

Numerals

Downloads
Download Gujarati alphabet charts in Excel (includes all conjuncts), Word or PDF format

Sample text in Gujart

Transliteration rati h an adikhr n dr in sarv mnav janmath svatantra an samn h y ch T manm vicrakti an antakara h y ch an t ma paraspar bandhutvan vartavu j i

Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) Thanks to Arvind Iyengar for providing the sample text. Tower of Babel in Gujarati | Useful phraeses in Gujarati

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Links
Information about Gujarati http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarati_language

Online Gujarati lessons http://utopianvision.co.uk/gujarati/ http://www.ukindia.com/zguj1.htm Online Gujarati lexicon - dictionary, thesaurus, idioms, spellchecker http://www.gujaratilexicon.com Free Gujarati fonts http://www.wazu.jp/gallery/Fonts_Gujarati.html http://www.fototext.com/download.htm Gujarati Language and Literature http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/gujarati/ Online Gujarati newspapers and magazines http://www.gujaratsamachar.com http://www.sambhaav.com Send email in Gujarati http://utopianvision.co.uk/services/gujaratimessage/

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