Gujarati
ગુજરાતી લિપિSample Characters
First 48 characters from Gujarati (U+0A81–U+0AFF)
About Gujarati
The Gujarati script is an abugida used to write the Gujarati language, spoken primarily in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is also widely used in diaspora communities in the UK, US, East Africa, and elsewhere.
Gujarati script was derived from the Devanagari script in the 15th century CE and is distinguished by the absence of the horizontal top line (shirorekha) characteristic of Devanagari. It is written left-to-right. Notable users of Gujarati include Mahatma Gandhi, whose writing significantly shaped modern Gujarati prose.
Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.
Script Family & Lineage
Languages Using Gujarati 1
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Key Facts
- ISO Code
- Gujr
- ISO Number
- 320
- Script Type
- Abugida
- Direction
- Left-to-right
- Status
- Living
- Region
- South Asian
- Characters
- 91
- Introduced
- 1592 CE
- Languages
- 1
- Total Speakers
- ~60M
Unicode Ranges
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GujaratiU+0A81–U+0AFF
Script Properties
- Has Case
- No
- Cursive
- No
- Vowels
- inherent