Gujarati language

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Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Gujarati (c. 1100–1500 CE). In India, it is the official language of the state of Gujarat, as well as one of the official languages of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Gujarati is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. As of 2011, Gujarati is the 6th most widely spoken language in India by number of native speakers, spoken by 55.5 million speakers which amounts to about 4.5% of the total Indian population. It is the 26th most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers as of 2007. Gujarati, along with Meitei (alias Manipuri), hold the third place among the fastest growing languages of India, following Hindi (first place) and Kashmiri language (second place), according to the 2011 census of India. Outside of Gujarat, Gujarati is spoken in many other parts of South Asia by Gujarati...

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