Gujarati literature dates back to 1000 AD and this literature continue to flourish till today.
Gujarati language belongs to the Indo-Aryan group of languages which has more than 65 million speakers all over the world. Considered as the 26th most spoken native language in the world, Gujarati is part of the family of the greater Indo-European languages.
It is the chief language of the state of Gujarat in India and besides is used widely in the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Apart from Gujarat, it is spoken in various other parts of India such as Mumbai, Rajasthan, Karnataka and others. Outside India, it is used widely by the Gujarati diaspora such as Mauritius, Tanzania, Kenya, Oman, Fiji, Pakistan, South Africa, Canada, the USA, and the UK.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or popularly known worldwide as Mahatma Gandhi., the "Father of the Nation of India" was a Gujarati. There are various other dignitaries whose first language was Gujarati such as Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Vallabhbhai Patel known as the "Iron Man of India,” J. R. D. Tata, Morarji Desai, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Dhirubhai Ambani and more. So it can be said that the importance of Gujarati language can be attributed to Mahatma Gandhi and other dignitaries who were Gujarati and made this language well known outside Gujarat.
Vocabulary & Dialects
Derived from the Old Gujarati, the Gujarati vocabulary contains various loanwords from Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and English. Just like various other languages, the way Gujarati is spoken and used differs in various regions. There are various regional dialects which have sun-dialects such as Standard Gujarati whose sub-dialects are Nagari and Patnuli, Gamadia dialect whose subdivisions are Patidari, Gramya, Surati, Patani and more. Other regional dialects include Parsi, Kathiyawadi, Tarimuki, Kharwa and Kakari.
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