Alphabets in Gujarati Script

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Gujarati Script is similar to Devangari script (which is used to write Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi). Pronunciation of alphabets is same in Gujarati and Devanagari. 
Many characters also have same symbols as shown in highlighted rows in below chart

Main difference is that in Gujarati Script we do not give line above letters unlike Devanagari. 
Few alphabets have different symbols

Through out this blog, I will try to give transliteration of Gujarati words and sentences in Roman script. So that even if you have not understood Gujarati script, you can still understand pronunciation.
So below table also shows the Roman alphabets that I will be using for each Gujarati letter.

Consonants in Gujarati script :- 


Gujarati Alphabet
Devanagari alphabet
Transliteration in Roman script
ka
kha
ga
gha
~ga
cha
Cha
ja
jha
~ja
Ta
Tha
Da
Dha
Na
ta
tha
da
dha
na
paa
pha
ba
bha
ma
ya
ra
la
va
sha
Sha
sa
ha
La
ક્ષ
क्ष
kSha
જ્ઞ
ज्ञ
j~j a

Vowels in Gujarati Script :- 


Gujarati Alphabet
Devanagari alphabet
Transliteration in Roman script
a
A
i
I
u
U
e
ai
o
au
અં
अं
aM
અઃ
अः
aH

Note for transliteration  :- 
In Roman transliteration, small and capital letters indicate different alphabet.
e.g. small "n" is ન where as capital "N" indicates :- 

So read transliteration conventions correctly. 

Listen examples in this lesson at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHIp4uTQo-c




Videos by others 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmXDbOm0QiM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCkAdYVlop8&list=PLB4CEAC5DC720AAB9


Non-traditional vowels
Traditionally Gujarati vowels are only 12 as mentioned above. But like Marathi, the Gujarati language has also adopted two more vowels to similar to those in English words "cat" and "cot"


Gujarati Alphabet
Devanagari/
Marathi alphabet
Transliteration in Roman script


अ‍ॅ
~e
~o



There is one more vowel in Gujarati which is (Ru). The pronunciation is similar (not exact) as “ru” in ruby;“roo” in “roof”. This vowel is not found much in words used in day-to-day conversation. Peculiar words imported from Sanskrit have it. Pronunciation of (Ru) is different in Hindi and Gujarati. In Hindi (Ru)  is pronounced as રિ(ri). Where as in Gujarati sound is similar to રુ(ru). This is same as in Marathi so you can listen to sound clip from my Marathi teaching blog to understand pronunciation. 
Listen pronunciation of  Ru
https://soundcloud.com/kaushik-lele/pronunciation-of-ru-learn-marathi



Sounds of these vowels will be more clear when you will refer next lesson of Barakhadi/Barakshari



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Comments

  1. Thank you SO MUCH for this blog and these lessons. Please, PLEASE continue, they are SO amazing!!!!

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    1. Hi Krishna,Thanks for appreciation.
      From your surname you seem to be native Gujarati speaker. So are you learning Gujarati yourself ? Just curious for to know it.
      Also I would like more of your feedback. Can you please mail me at learnMarathifast@gmail.com.
      Waiting for mail.
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  2. Hi! Your blog has been really helpful. I'm half Gujarati but wasn't taught to speak it growing up so I'm trying to learn now. I'm wondering, what do you mean by small and capitol letters indicate different alphabets? Thanks

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    1. Hi Yasmin,
      Throughout this blog I have given Gujarati sentences in Roman script .... as there are more alphabets in Gujarati than Roman script; I had to reuse some of the alphabets. So small and capital letters are used to indicate different letters in Gujarati.

      I would like more of your feedback. Can you please mail me at learnMarathifast@gmail.com.
      Waiting for mail.
      Thanks,
      Kaushik

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    2. By alphabets do you mean letters/ characters? Are the pronunciations different for the letters that only differ by capitol or lowercase in Roman characters? Or are there two alphabets that are used in differing situations?
      Thanks

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    3. By alphabets I mean basic characters in Gujarati.
      Please read this lesson and next lesson "Gujarati Barakhadi/Barakshari" again in detail. Also watch the videos in those lessons. It will clear your doubts.
      If it doesn't please ask again.

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  3. Hi Kaushik I have a few suggestions for you. Please add play button besides every alphabet as it would be convenient to play it again and again if one finds some particular one difficult to understand

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    1. Hi Basmati,
      Thanks for your suggestion. I will see if I can add it.
      Meanwhile have you visited the YouTube video mentioned above ?

      By the way, are you learning Gujarati using my blog ? I would like to know more about Gujarati learning. Can you please mail me on learnMarathifast@gmail.com ( Id is same for my both Gujarati and Marathi blog)

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  4. Hi Kaushik,
    I am marathi but want to learn Gujrathi just to communicate my team members & Customers ...most of them are Gujrathi.
    I think this is nice start......Thanks

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    1. Hi Santosh, Thanks for your comment and welcome to my blog !! I am sure it will help you become a fluent speaker.

      I would like to know more about Gujarati learning and experience of my website. Can you please mail me on learnMarathifast@gmail.com ( Id is same for my both Gujarati and Marathi blog)

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  5. Was searching for a good way to learn Gujrati. Just found this one. My journey starts today

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  6. Was searching for a good way to learn Gujrati. Just found this one. My journey starts today

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    1. Great to know this ... I am sure yout journey will be a successful one.
      I would like to know more about Gujarati learning and experience of my website. Can you please mail me on learnMarathifast@gmail.com ( Id is same for my both Gujarati and Marathi blog)

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  7. Thank you so much for this blog! It is almost impossible to find decent Gujarati learning material. It is very hard to find it with romanized words. Your blog is full of useful learning material, and provides both romanization and audio. Also, you have the best alphabet chart and pronunciations I've found. Most audios are not clear enough for me to understand the sounds correctly. Please don't stop adding to this wonderful blog. You are my only hope for learning this language so that I can communicate with my in-laws.

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    1. Hi Jennifer,
      Thanks a lot for feedback and appreciation. It really encourages me to keep going.

      It will be great if you could send me mail on learnMarathifast@gmail.com ( Id is same for my both Gujarati and Marathi blog). That will be helpful to send any updates and answer your queries.

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  8. Hi. Wats the difference between 'cha' n 'ya' from Gujarati script. They both have same letter.

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    1. ચ has knot in it. ય doesn't.
      Zoom in your browser and see this word ચય . You will notice the difference.

      Let me know if it clarifies.

      Are you learning gujarati using my blog ?
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    2. You are welcome Selina.

      I would like to know more about Gujarati learning and experience of my blog so far. It will be great if you could send me mail on learnMarathifast@gmail.com ( Id is same for my both Gujarati and Marathi blog).

      Thanks,
      Waiting for your mail,
      Kaushik

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  9. where we use ળ and લ...both sounds similar..please explain

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    1. Please listen to videos mentioned in above lesson.

      Are you learning Gujarati using my blog ?

      -Kaushik

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  10. Hey great blog, but isn't ૠ a vowel?

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    1. Yes. It is. Forgot to mention here as very few commnlco used worda have it. Anyways, i will add description soon. Thanks for pointing out.

      Are you learning Gujarati using my blog /videos?

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    2. Yes I am trying to learn here as I think it is the most comprehensive and easy to understand site I've seen on the language. There are not that many resources to begin with. I also agree with your entire learning approach to the language. I rather learn the script first. Learning random phrases never helps me learn a language to say whatever I want. So thank you so much for making this blog!

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    3. Great Tony(i guess that's your name). Thanks a lot for appreciation.

      I would like to know more about Gujarati learning and help you if you have any queries. It will be great if you could send me mail on learnMarathifast@gmail.com ( Id is same for my both Gujarati and Marathi blog).

      Thanks,
      Waiting for your mail,
      Kaushik

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  11. how do you distinguish between ઘ (gha) and ધ (dha)

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    1. Keep them side by side and zoon the page, you will notice difference.

      We can interact in detail if you could send me mail on LearnMarathiFast@gmail.com (ID is same for my all language activities)

      - Kaushik

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