Gujarati Script is similar to Devangari script (which is used to write Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi). Pronunciation of alphabets is same in Gujarati and Devanagari.
Many characters also have same symbols as shown in highlighted rows in below chart

Main difference is that in Gujarati Script we do not give line above letters unlike Devanagari.
Few alphabets have different symbols

Through out this blog, I will try to give transliteration of Gujarati words and sentences in Roman script. So that even if you have not understood Gujarati script, you can still understand pronunciation.
So below table also shows the Roman alphabets that I will be using for each Gujarati letter.

Consonants in Gujarati script

Gujarati AlphabetDevanagari alphabetTransliteration in Roman script
ka
kha
ga
gha
~ga
cha
Cha
ja
jha
~ja
Ta
Tha
Da
Dha
Na
ta
tha
da
dha
na
paa
pha
ba
bha
ma
ya
ra
la
va
sha
Sha
sa
ha
La
ક્ષक्षkSha
જ્ઞज्ञj~j a

Vowels in Gujarati Script

Gujarati AlphabetDevanagari alphabetTransliteration in Roman script
a
A
i
I
u

U
e
ai

o
au
અંअंaM
અઃअःaH

Note for transliteration

In Roman transliteration, small and capital letters indicate different alphabet.
e.g. small “n” is ન where as capital “N” indicates :- ણ

So read transliteration conventions correctly.

Non-traditional vowels

Traditionally Gujarati vowels are only 12 as mentioned above. But like Marathi, the Gujarati language has also adopted two more vowels to similar to those in English words “cat” and “cot”

Gujarati AlphabetDevanagari/
Marathi alphabet
Transliteration in Roman script
अ‍ॅ~e
~o

There is one more vowel in Gujarati which is ઋ(Ru). The pronunciation is similar (not exact) as “ru” in ruby;“roo” in “roof”. This vowel is not found much in words used in day-to-day conversation. Peculiar words imported from Sanskrit have it. Pronunciation of ઋ(Ru) is different in Hindi and Gujarati. In Hindi ઋ(Ru) is pronounced as રિ(ri). Where as in Gujarati sound is similar to રુ(ru). This is same as in Marathi so you can listen to sound clip from my Marathi teaching blog to understand pronunciation.

Listen pronunciation of  Ru
https://soundcloud.com/kaushik-lele/pronunciation-of-ru-learn-marathi

Sounds of these vowels will be more clear when you will refer next lesson of Barakhadi/Barakshari

Listen examples in this lesson at

Learn Gujarati Alphabets

Learn Gujarati Alphabets

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