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How to recognize Gujarati
Gujarati is one of 14 languages in Grafle's Brahmic / Indic group. Here's what it looks like, where you'll see it on signs, and how to tell it apart from its lookalikes.
Spot it fast
- Looks like Devanagari with the top bar erased — same letter shapes, floating free.
What Gujarati looks like
બધા મનુષ્યો સ્વતંત્ર અને ગૌરવ તથા અધિકારમાં સમાન જન્મે છે.
નમસ્તે, કેમ છો?
ગુજરાતી એક સુંદર ભાષા છે.
Brahmic / Indic scripts: The scripts of South and Southeast Asia — letters hang from top bars, curl into loops, or stack vowel marks above and below.
Where you'll see it on signs
- India
Easy to confuse with
- Hindi / Nepali (Devanagari) — Gujarati is Devanagari without the top bar — same shapes, floating free.