Gujarati
Indian language
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. In India, it is one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Union. Wikipedia
Region: Gujarat
Language families: Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-European languages, and Indo-Iranian languages
Early forms: Shauraseni Prakrit: Gurjar Apabhraṃśa > Old Gujarati > Middle Gujarati
Ethnicity: Gujaratis
Native speakers: L1: 57 million (2011 census); L2: 5.0 million (2011 census)
Native to: India
Official language in: India > Gujarat; Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (additional)