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Locale Gu 001

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Use when working with the Gujarati locale (`gu-001`) — its endonym ગુજરાતી, Gujarati script, left-to-right (LTR) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.

Reference data for the Gujarati locale — endonym ગુજરાતી, written in the Gujarati script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

  • BCP 47 tag: gu-001
  • ISO 639-1: gu
  • ISO 639-3: guj
  • Script: Gujr (Gujarati)
  • Region: 001 (World)
  • Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

  • L1 (native): 58,000,000
  • L2 (additional): 5,000,000
  • L1+L2 (total): 62,000,000

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).

  • one — i = 0 or n = 1 (e.g. 0, 1)
  • other — everything else (e.g. 2~17, 100, 1000, 10000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) is an Indo-Aryan language of Gujarat, written in the Gujarati script (a Devanagari relative with no top line). See also Locale Hi 001 for contrast with neighbouring Hindi.

Translate ideas, not words.

  • Gujarati is subject-object-verb with postpositions. Reorder English sentences.
  • Gujarati has three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter), which agree with adjectives and verbs. Loanwords need a gender; neuter is the common choice for new borrowings.
  • Ergative construction in the past tense with "એ" (the agent marker).
  • Re-express idioms by meaning; accept common English loans in Gujarati script (ફાઇલ, પાસવર્ડ, એપ).

Register.

  • "તમે" is the polite or plural "you" and is the standard in UI and public text; "તું" is informal or intimate. Use "તમે" and avoid "આપ" unless a very formal tone is required.
  • UI commands use the polite imperative ("સાચવો") or infinitive.

Orthography and typography.

  • Follow the spelling rules of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad. Be careful with the anusvara and the use of short and long vowels.
  • Punctuation: the period (.) is used (the danda is not common in modern Gujarati); digits are Gujarati (૦-૯) in some print and Arabic digits in UI; Indian grouping; currency ₹.

Common pitfalls

  • Using Hindi gender or postpositions in Gujarati text.
  • Missing the neuter gender.
  • Mixing "તમે" and "તું".
  • Spelling inconsistencies with the anusvara.

Learn more

  • Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
  • Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
  • Microsoft Localization Style Guides for Indian languages (https://learn.microsoft.com/globalization/reference/microsoft-style-guides)
  • Gujarati Sahitya Parishad and the Sarth Gujarati Jodani Kosh

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