Language code: gu

Technical information about ISO 639 language code gu

The table below provides technical details for the Gujarati language, designated by the gu code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

gu

Name

Official

Gujarati

Native

ગુજરાતી

Family
Indo-Aryan
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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Gujarati belongs to the Indo-European language family, specifically the Indo-Aryan subgroup. It is officially used in the state of Gujarat and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu in India. It is also spoken by communities in South Africa and Pakistan. The language is written using the Gujarati script. It is estimated that there are more than 55 million Gujarati speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Gujarati speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

gu-IN Gujarati (India)

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