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Gujarati Letters & Alphabet Guide
Complete reference for Gujarati vowels, consonants and numbers with English pronunciation
About Gujarati Script: Gujarati is written in the Gujarati script, derived from the Devanagari script but distinguished by the absence of the horizontal bar at the top of letters. It has 13 vowels (Svar) and 33 consonants (Vyanjan). Gujarati is the official language of the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken by over 56 million people worldwide.
Gujarati Vowels — સ્વર (Svar)
Gujarati Transliteration Pronunciation Example Word
અ a as in "ab out" અમ (am - we) આ ā as in "fa ther" આકાશ (ākāś - sky) ઇ i as in "si t" ઇચ્છા (icchā - wish) ઈ ī as in "see " ઈશ્વર (Īśvar - God) ઉ u as in "pu t" ઉત (uta - moreover) ઊ ū as in "foo d" ઊઘ (ūgh - drowsiness) એ e as in "they " એક (ek - one) ઐ ai as in "kite " ઐતિહ (aitih - traditional) ઓ o as in "go " ઓળખ (oḷakh - identity) ઔ au as in "cow " ઔષધ (auṣadh - medicine) અં aṃ nasal vowel અંગ (aṃga - limb) અઃ aḥ aspirate ending પ્રાતઃ (prātaḥ - morning) ઋ ṛ vocalic r ઋષિ (ṛṣi - sage)
Gujarati Consonants — વ્યંજન (Vyanjan)
Gujarati Transliteration Pronunciation Example Word
ક ka k as in "kit" કમળ (kamaḷ - lotus) ખ kha kh aspirated ખોરાક (khorāk - food) ગ ga g as in "go" ગાય (gāy - cow) ઘ gha gh aspirated ઘર (ghar - house) ચ ca ch as in "chair" ચા (cā - tea) છ cha chh aspirated છત (chat - roof) જ ja j as in "jar" જળ (jaḷ - water) ઝ jha jh aspirated ઝાડ (jhāḍ - tree) ટ ṭa retroflex t ટોપી (ṭopī - hat) ઠ ṭha retroflex th ઠંડ (ṭhaṃḍ - cold) ડ ḍa retroflex d ડોક (ḍok - neck) ઢ ḍha retroflex dh ઢોલ (ḍhol - drum) ણ ṇa retroflex n ણ (ṇa) ત ta t (dental) તારો (tāro - star) થ tha th aspirated થાળી (thāḷī - plate) દ da d (dental) દિવસ (divas - day) ધ dha dh aspirated ધન (dhan - wealth) ન na n as in "not" નદી (nadī - river) પ pa p as in "pen" પાણી (pāṇī - water) ફ pha ph / f sound ફૂલ (phūl - flower) બ ba b as in "bat" બાઘ (bāgh - tiger) ભ bha bh aspirated ભાષા (bhāṣā - language) મ ma m as in "man" મા (mā - mother) ય ya y as in "yes" યાત્રા (yātrā - journey) ર ra r (rolled) રાત (rāt - night) લ la l as in "lip" લાલ (lāl - red) વ va v / w sound વન (van - forest) શ śa sh as in "ship" શહેર (śaher - city) સ sa s as in "sun" સૂર્ય (sūrya - sun) હ ha h as in "hat" હાથ (hāth - hand) ળ ḷa retroflex l ઢોળ (ḍhoḷ - slope) ક્ષ kṣa ksh combined ક્ષત્રિય (kṣatriya - warrior) જ્ઞ jña gna / gya sound જ્ઞાન (jñān - knowledge)
Gujarati Numbers — સંખ્યા (Saṃkhyā)
Number Gujarati Gujarati Numeral Pronunciation
0 શૂન્ય ૦ śūnya 1 એક ૧ ek 2 બે ૨ be 3 ત્રણ ૩ traṇ 4 ચાર ૪ cār 5 પાંચ ૫ pāṃc 6 છ ૬ cha 7 સાત ૭ sāt 8 આઠ ૮ āṭh 9 નવ ૯ nav 10 દસ ૧૦ das 100 સો ૧૦૦ so 1000 હજાર ૧૦૦૦ hazār