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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Swahili language, Gujarati language, Gujarati grammar, Sandawe language, Safwa people, Hadza language, Kirundi, Yao language, Ogiek language, Maasai language, Digo language, Tumbuka language, Maa languages, Datooga language, Bemba language, Gogo language, Sonjo language, Mwanga language, Rwanda-Rundi, Iraqw language, Matumbi language, Vunjo language, Ngasa language, Kwavi language, Northeast Coast Bantu languages, Makhuwa-Meetto language, Zaramo language, Shambala language, Zanaki language, Nyakyusa language, Ha language, Mbugwe language, Burunge language, Ngulu language, Sangu language, Aasax language, Rombo language, Tanzanian sign languages, Alagwa language, Hehe language, Nilamba language, Isanzu language, Kw'adza language, Nyaturu language, Gorowa language, Fipa language, Rangi language, Luguru language, Pangwa people, Chaga language, Bena language. Excerpt: Gujarati ( Gujr t ) is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is derived from a language called Old Gujarati (1100 - 1500 AD) which is the ancestor language of the modern Gujarati and Rajasthani languages. It is native to the Indian state of Gujarat, and is its chief language, as well as of the adjacent union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. There are about 46.1 million speakers of Gujarati worldwide, making it the 26th most spoken native language in the world. Along with Romany and Sindhi, it is among the most western of Indo-Aryan languages. Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the "Father of India," Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the "Father of Pakistan" and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the "Iron Man of India." Other prominent personalities whose first language is or was Gujarati include Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Morarji Desai, Narsinh Mehta, Dhirubhai Ambani, Freddie Mercury...
