Gujarātī is a syllabic alphabet in that consonants all have an inherent vowel.Vāṇiāśāi (merchant's) or mahājani (trader's) script. The Gujarātī script is also known as the.Writing direction: left to right in horizontal lines.Type of writing system: Abugida / Syllabic Alphabet.Until the 19th century it was used mainly for writing letters and keeping accounts, while the Devanāgarī script was used for literature and academic writings. The earliest known document in the Gujarātī script is a manuscript dating from 1592, and the script first appeared in print in a 1797 advertisement. The Gujarātī script was adapted from the Devanāgarī script to write the Gujarātī language.
Gujarātī is an Indo-Aryan language spoken byĪbout 46 million people in the Indian states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh, and also in Bangladesh, Fiji, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Réunion, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
