Editing Gujarati language (section)

== Dialects ==
According to British historian and philologist [[William St. Clair Tisdall|William Tisdall]], who was an early scholar of [[Gujarati grammar]], three major varieties of Gujarati exist: a standard 'Hindu' dialect, a '[[Parsi]]' dialect and a '[[Muslim Gujarati|Muslim]]' dialect.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/simplifiedgramma00tisdiala A simplified grammar of the Gujarati language] by [[William St. Clair Tisdall]] (1892)</ref>

However, Gujarati has undergone contemporary reclassification with respect to the widespread regional differences in vocabulary and phrasing; notwithstanding the number of poorly attested dialects and regional variations in naming.

* Standard Gujarati: this forms something of a standardised variant of Gujarati across news, education and government. It is also spoken in pockets of [[Maharashtra]]. The varieties of it include Mumbai Gujarati, Nagari.
*[[Saurashtra language|Saurashtra]]: spoken primarily by the [[Saurashtra people|Saurashtrians]] who migrated from the [[Lata (region)|Lata region]] of present-day [[Gujarat]] to [[South India|Southern India]] in the Middle Ages. Saurashtra is closely related to Gujarati and the older dialects of [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]] and [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]. The script of this language is derived from the [[Devanagari|Devanagari script]] and shares similarities with modern-day Gujarati.
* Amdawadi Gujarati: spoken primarily in [[Ahmedabad]] and the surrounding regions, in addition to Bharuch and Surat, where it is colloquially known as 'Surati'. The varieties of it include Ahmedabad Gamadia, Anawla, Brathela, Charotari, Eastern Broach Gujarati, Gramya, Patani, Patidari, Surati, Vadodari.
* Kathiawari: a distinctive variant spoken primarily in the [[Kathiawar]] region and subject to significant Sindhi influence. The varieties of it include Bhavnagari, Gohilwadi, Holadi/Halari, Jhalawadi, Sorathi.

Kharwa, Kakari and Tarimuki (Ghisadi) are also often cited as additional varieties of Gujarati.

* Parsi: spoken by the [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] [[Parsi]] minority. This highly distinctive variety has been subject to considerable lexical influence by [[Avestan]], the [[Liturgy|liturgical]] Zoroastrian language.
* [[Lisan ud-Dawat]]: spoken primarily by [[Gujarati Muslim]] [[Sunni Bohra|Bohra]] communities, it has been subject to greater lexical influence by Arabic and Persian and is written in the [[Arabic script]].

[[Kutchi language|Kutchi]] is often referred to as a dialect of Gujarati, but most linguists consider it closer to [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} In addition, the [[Memoni language|Memoni]] is related to Gujarati, albeit distantly.<ref name=e25/><ref>{{e25|kfr|Kacchi}}</ref>

Furthermore, words used by the native languages of areas where the [[Gujarati people]] have become a diaspora community, such as [[East Africa]] ([[Swahili Coast|Swahili]]), have become loanwords in local dialects of Gujarati.<ref>{{Citation |last=Ogilvie |first=Sarah |editor=Keith Brown |title=Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World |year=2009 |publisher=Elsevier |location=Amsterdam, Netherlands |isbn=9780080877754 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F2SRqDzB50wC&pg=PA469 }}</ref>

The [[Linguistic Survey of India]] noted nearly two dozen dialects of Gujarati: Standard, Old, Standard Ahmedabad, Standard Broach, Nāgarī, Bombay, Suratī, Anāvla or Bhāṭelā, Eastern Broach, Pārsī, Carotarī, Pāṭīdārī, Vaḍodarī, Gāmaḍiā of Ahmedabad, Paṭanī, Thar and Parkar, Cutch, Kāṭhiyāvāḍī, Musalmān (Vhorāsī and Kharwā), Paṭṇulī, Kākarī, and Tārīmukī or Ghisāḍī.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grierson |first=G. A. |title=Linguistic Survey of India, Vol IX: Indo-Aryan Family, Central Group, Part II: Specimens of the Rājasthānī and Gujarātī |publisher=Superintendent Government Printing |year=1908 |pages=viii}}</ref>

{{see also|Gujarati languages}}