| Population |
45,479,000 in India (1997 IMA). Population total all countries 46,100,000 or more. |
| Region |
Gujarat; Maharashtra; Rajasthan; Karnataka; Madhya Pradesh. Also spoken in Bangladesh, Fiji, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Réunion, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| Alternate names |
GUJRATHI, GUJERATI, GUJERATHI |
| Dialects |
STANDARD GUJARATI (SAURASHTRA STANDARD, NAGARI, BOMBAY GUJARATI, PATNULI), GAMADIA (GRAMYA, SURATI, ANAWLA, BRATHELA, EASTERN BROACH GUJARATI, CHAROTARI, PATIDARI, VADODARI, AHMEDABAD GAMADIA, PATANI), PARSI, KATHIYAWADI (JHALAWADI, SORATHI, HOLADI, GOHILWADI, BHAWNAGARI), KHARWA, KAKARI, TARIMUKI (GHISADI). |
| Classification |
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Central zone, Gujarati. |
| Comments |
Spoken as mother tongue by the Keer. National language. Grammar. Literacy rate in second language: 30% (1974). Gujarati script. Hindu. Bible 1823-1998. |
| Kenya |
| Language name |
GUJARATI |
| Population |
50,000 in Kenya (1995 SIL). |
| Comments |
Most have lived in Kenya for several generations. Hindu, Jain, Muslim. Bible 1823-1998. See main entry under India. |
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| Pakistan |
| Language name |
GUJARATI |
| Comments |
Some Pakistani dialects are closer to standard Gujarati than others. Pakistani Gujarati is probably a subdialect of Patani (Voegelin and Voegelin 1977). The Memoni ethnic group in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, and other parts of Pakistan are reported to speak a variety closer to Gujarati, while those in India are reported to speak a variety of Kachchi. All Parsi (5,000), many Ismaili Muslims, and many Hindu sweepers (10,000 to 100,000) speak Gujarati. Many Parsi and Ismaili Muslims are literate in Gujarati. There seems to be a shift to Urdu among many Gujarati-speaking sweepers. Newspapers, radio programs. Bible 1823-1998. See main entry under India. |
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| Singapore |
| Language name |
GUJARATI |
| Population |
800 speakers out of 1,619 ethnic group (1985 estimate). |
| Alternate names |
GUJERATHI, GUJERATI |
| Comments |
Hindu. Bible 1823-1998. See main entry under India. |
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| Tanzania |
| Language name |
GUJARATI |
| Population |
250,000 in Tanzania from India, predominantly Gujarati (1993 Johnstone). |
| Comments |
Vigorous. They have their own religious institutions and evening schools. Bible 1823-1998. See main entry under India. |
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| Uganda |
| Language name |
GUJARATI |
| Population |
147,000 or 1% of the population (1986). |
| Comments |
The people migrated to Uganda during the early part of the 20th century. Newspapers. Hindu. Bible 1823-1998. See main entry under India. |
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| Zambia |
| Language name |
GUJARATI |
| Population |
12,000 in Zambia (1985 IEM). |
| Comments |
Hindu. Bible 1823-1998. See main entry under India. |
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