Editing Gujarati language (section)

===Modern Gujarati (1800–present)===
[[File:A Page from the Gujarati translation of 'Dabistān-i Mazāhibm' prepared and printed by Fardunji Marzban (1815).jpg|thumb|A page from the Gujarati translation of ''Dabestan-e Mazaheb'' prepared and printed by [[Fardunjee Marzban]] (25 December 1815)]]
A major phonological change was the deletion of final ''ə'', such that the modern language has consonant-final words. Grammatically, a new plural marker of -''o'' developed.{{sfnp|Cardona|Suthar|2003|p=661}} In literature, the third quarter of the 19th century saw a series of milestones for Gujarati, which previously had verse as its dominant mode of literary composition.<ref>Yashaschandra, S. (1995) "Towards Hind Svaraj: An Interpretation of the Rise of Prose in 19th-century Gujarati Literature." ''Social Scientist''. Vol. 23, No. 10/12. pp. 41–55.</ref> In 1920s, the efforts to standardise Gujarati were carried out.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=SEBASTIAN|first=V|date=2009|title=Gandhi and the Standardisation of Gujarati|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25663396|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=44|issue=31|pages=94–101|jstor=25663396|issn=0012-9976}}</ref>