
Gujarati is the official language in Gujarat, Daman, Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the Republic of India. It is spoken most prominently in the Republic of India, Pakistan, U.S., U.K., and also in countries such as South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Australia, Mauritius, and many more. Due to this it is ranked 26th in the list of most spoken languages. There are about 67 million speakers for this language. Gujarati is the language native to the state of Gujarat of the Republic of India. The first book printed in Hindi was Grammar of the Hindostanee Language by John Gilchrist in 1796. The use of the Devanagari script for Hindi is said to have been started in around the 11th century AD.

Hindi dates its origin back to the 4th century AD. The grey areas within these codes indicate the non-assigned code points. U+0900–U+097F constitutes the Devanagari, U+1CD0–U+1CFF constitutes the Devanagari Extended, and U+A8E0–U+A8FF constitutes the Vedic Extension. The letter order constituting the vowels and consonants is called the “varnamala” which means the “garland of flowers.” In the Unicode Standard, the Devanagari is constituted in three blocks. It lacks any letter case system, and it has a line that runs along the letters at the top. The Devanagari script, commonly called Nagari is written from left to right. Hindi is also spoken and understood in parts in countries such as Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Fiji.

Hindi is spoken mainly in the northern states of the country namely Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh. It is used by about 41 percent of the population.

Hindi is the main official language of the Republic of India. Both Hindi and Gujarati languages share many similarities. The differences between Hindi and Gujarati are very similar to those differences between Italian and Spanish or German and Dutch. There are almost 200 languages that are spoken and recognized in this country. The Republic of India is a land where multilingual people live in perfect harmony.
