Updeshmala, Manuscript in Jain Prakrit and Old Gujarati on paper, Rupnagar, Rajasthan, India, 1666, 76 ff. Elsewhere, Gujarati is spoken to a lesser extent in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, and Middle Eastern countries such as Bahrain. Gujarati is also spoken in Southeast Africa, particularly in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, and South Africa. In Europe, Gujaratis form the second largest of the British South Asian speech communities, and Gujarati is the fourth most commonly spoken language in the UK's capital London. In North America, Gujarati is one of the fastest growing and most widely spoken Indian languages in the United States and Canada. Gujarati is also widely spoken in many countries outside South Asia by the Gujarati diaspora. Outside of Gujarat, Gujarati is spoken in many other parts of South Asia by Gujarati migrants, especially in Bombay and Pakistan (mainly in Karachi). The Gujarati language is more than 700 years old and is spoken by more than 55 million people worldwide. It is the 26th most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers as of 2007. As of 2011, Gujarati is the 6th most widely spoken language in India by number of native speakers, spoken by 55.5 million speakers which amounts to about 4.5% of the total Indian population. In India, it is the official language in the state of Gujarat, as well as an official language in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Gujarati is descended from Old Gujarati ( c. Gujarati is part of the greater Indo-European language family. Gujarati ( / ˌ ɡ ʊ dʒ ə ˈ r ɑː t i/ Gujarati script: ગુજરાતી, romanized: Gujarātī, pronounced, previously English: Guzerati ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Light red are regions with significant minorities, dark red a majority or plurality
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