gujarati
Gujarati
Gujarati
Essays
- Gives an overview of the language, its history, grammar, vocab, script, common words and phrases, links etc.
- Article with diagram on the history, dialects, script, grammar and role in society of Gujarati.
- Short video introduction to Gujarati, covering speakers, reasons for studying it, relationship to other languages, script, phonology and examples of some basic words.
Milkman becomes fluent in Gujarati by talking to migrants on his round from the Daily Mail
Milkman breaks language barrier by learning Gujarati by Rahilo Bano, BBC Asian Network
- Interesting personal story about a learner of Gujarati, with some information about the language and an audio report with a sample of the milkman's Gujarati on the BBC article.
- Information about Gujarati and the script with a nice chart of the letters and some links.
Courses
- PDF teaching everday language with dialogues, exercises and audio. Reviews here. Audio available here.
Gujarati Bharatiya Bhasha Jyoti (Gujarati textbook in Hindi)
- Online textbook for learning Gujarati through Hindi.
Websites
Gujarati language and literature
- Grammar based lessons with readings and grammar explanations.
Learn Gujarati with Utopian Vision
- Numbers, phrases with example sentences, searchable Gujarati dictionary with audio (also arranged topically) and some tests.
- Basic phrases for travellers with audio and quizzes.
- Survival phrases written in transcription.
- An online dictionary as well as idioms and antonyms.
- A nice site with lots of useful links for a learner of Gujarati.
Some Gujarati language resources
- Reviews of textbooks and a collection of links.
- Lots of Gujarati language phrasebooks available to download with audio, some armed forces related.
- Website for teaching your children Gujarati, includes alphabet worksheets, vocabulary lists with pictures and various games.
Script
- A chart of all the letters with audio and example words.
- 11 progressive lessons teaching the Gujarati script with reading practice. No audio.
- Alphabet charts, videos showing how to write each letter, charts of combination letters, games for sorting the letters into alphabetical order and matching games. No audio.
- Alphabet song for Gujarati, with each letter and example words.
Scripts of all of Asia & Brahmi Scripts
- Comparative charts of Asian & Brahmi descended scripts.
E-books
Gujarati-English Learner's Dictionary by Babu Suthar, 2003
- 257 page dictionary using Gujarati script an IPA transcription. Also includes a brief grammar and numerals guide.
A Simplified Grammar of the Gujarati Language by W. St. Clair Tisdall, 1892
- A Gujarati grammar covering verbs, adjectives, pronouns, the alphabet as well as several reading texts with an accompanying dictionary. Uses romanization in the grammar section.
The Principles of Gujarati Grammar by G. S. Phadake & H. N. Ramsey, 1842
- Concise guide to Gujarati grammar, with lots of examples and conjugation charts. Handwritten Gujarati script used throughout.
Forums
- Unfortunately no posts yet but you may find some help if you post.
- Small but active forum with some useful threads for Gujarati.
Blogs
- New blog that teaches Gujarati grammar as well as pronunciation and Gujarati script and vocabulary. Great resource.
- Teaches Gujarati vocabulary and dialogues, as well as lessons on pronunciation and grammar.
Authentic Materials
- Several radio programs in Gujarati covering current affairs, music, entertainment etc.
- Essays, poems, short stories, stories for children, travel stories and more.
Sandesh India Press, Divyabhaskar,
- Newspapers in Gujarati.
- Radio and podcasts about culture, news, science, entertainment; lots of interesting material.
- Biographies of prominent Gujarati authors and Gujarati audio readings.
Technical
- A Firefox & Windows download for typing in Gujarati. Simple & easy to use.
- Online tool for typing phonetically in Gujarati.
UniNagari: The simple, no-frills Indic typewriter
- Online tool for typing in Gujarati using the online keyboard layout.
- English- Gujarati searchable dictionary. Gujarati-English is also available but not as intuitive to use.
- Several searchable Gujarati dictionaries. Gujarati-English dictionary seems but the English-Gujarati dictionary seems to be more for native Gujarati speakers, giving definitions rather than single words.
Commercial
Gujarati dictionary and phrasebook
- A compact book with romanized Gujarati, looks useful.
- Texbook teaching Gujarati and its script through dialogues, grammar notes, vocabu and exercises. The 1st half of the book uses romanization, the 2nd uses the Gujarati script. Reviews here.
The Student's Gujarati grammar
- A comprehensive book covering grammar, phonology, script etc with exercises.