Gujarati Language
Linguistic Classification Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, part of the larger Indo-European language family.
Number of Speakers As of 2011, Gujarati is spoken by approximately 55.5 million native speakers, accounting for about 4.5% of India's total population.
Global Presence Gujarati-speaking communities are found worldwide, notably in countries such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and various nations in East Africa and the Middle East.
Official Status Gujarati is one of the 22 officially recognized languages of India and serves as the official language of the state of Gujarat, as well as the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.