Gujarati Letters

There are 48 letters in Gujarati. Out of them, 14 are vowel letters and remaining 34 letters are consonants.

Gujarat is the official language in the Indian state of Gujarat and also spoken by the majority of people in Mumbai and other states in India.

Gujarati is spoken by over 60 million people around the world ^[4]. In Indian alone, it is spoken by over 55 million with the majority of speakers in the Indian state of Gujarat as well as in major cities such as Mumbai.

Gujarati script has some unique and interesting features:

• No top line - unlike Hindi/Devanagari, Gujarati letters don't have a horizontal line on top

• Circular shapes - many letters have beautiful round curves

• Ancient origins - developed from Devanagari script around 1000 years ago

• Left-to-right writing - easy for English speakers to adapt to

• Consonant clusters - letters can combine to make complex sounds

It looks clean and modern compared to other Indian scripts!

Gujarati has some challenges but also helpful aspects:

The easier parts:

• No tones - unlike Chinese, pitch doesn't change word meaning

• Phonetic spelling - words are written similar to how they sound

• Simple sentence structure - subject-object-verb order

The challenging parts:

• New script - 48 letters to memorize

• Vowel markers - small marks that change consonant sounds

• Gender system - nouns have masculine/feminine/neuter forms

With consistent practice, most people can start reading in 2-3 months!