Gujarati, some info... |
Gujarati, some info... |
Nimii |
Nov 6 2004, 09:06 AM
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Gujarati is the official language of Gujarat state, on the west coast of India, with an area of 196,024 square kilometers. Within the Republic of India, Gujarat borders with Rajasthan, Madhyapradesh, and Maharashtra; it also borders with Pakistan to the northwest. The languages spoken in the areas contiguous to the Gujarat within India are Marwari, Hindi, and Marathi. The 1991 census of India reports 40,673,814 speakers, accounting for approximately five percent (4.85%) of the population. This includes Gujaratis living outside Gujarat state, in Maharashtra (Mumbai has a substantial Gujarati population), Rajasthan, Madhyapradesh and Karnatak. Gujarati speakers also reside in many other countries, principally Pakistan, Singapore, Fiji, South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United states, and Canada.
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pranavjh |
Nov 13 2004, 11:21 AM
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Some would say Gujarati is such a nice language that it does not have a real swear word of its own
I am certainly not one of them, though |
Bawra Jay |
Nov 15 2004, 09:27 PM
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QUOTE(pranavjh @ Nov 13 2004, 01:51 AM) Some would say Gujarati is such a nice language that it does not have a real swear word of its own I am certainly not one of them, though Even though lots of Guju's are very talkative but they are often very reserved in expression of feelings like anger or love in public. And I guess swearing is one expression of feeling angry or frustation coming out of anger, etc. LOL ... this reminds me of an episode , very funny and interesting....no offense to Amdavadis as I am one too, so take it in a funny spirit :- Once I was a passenger in famous three wheeler rickshaw 's of Ahmedabad ( famous for giving left or right turn signal by putting the appropiate leg outside the rickshaw opening... instead of with hands ) And if you ever been in the town , you know what I am talking about going through Ratan Pole or ManekChowk during a peak rush hours ( In Ahmedabad peak hours are calculated on shopping hours of the Janta rather than the work hours of the Janta ). So what happened was ke between two rickshaws there is little of accident, woh bhi just they had touched each other , even as passenger I didn't get much of a bump from the accident but than it was Ahmedabad and this two rickshawala 's ego was at stake if they had let anyone go without arguing... I was thinking ke its time to experience the big swearing and fight in guju and so was excited.... what I see is this two guys coming out of their rick and holding each other's collar and yelling... SAALAA ANDHALO CHE ... DEKHA TU NATHI... GHODINAA JOYI NE NATHI CHALATAU..... (now if u notice here Andhalo che is like are u blinded , its not a swear but than even SAALA and GHODINA.... does not have much meaning as swear either... ) .... and than I heard EK DABHA HAATH NI CHODHI DAYISH... ( will hit u a slap from left hand) ...so was thinking ke aab maast fight honewali hai... and the most funny part was they went on repeating and repeating for like 1 ,2 ,3 ...10 ... 15... 20 times interchangingly all of the above sentences in different phrases but to my surprise no one has yet given any slap to anyone.... I almost felt like telling either someone slap someone soon or just let it go so the traffic can keep moving... in the mean time even the THOLLA (guju slang word for traffic cop) came by and asking what was going on.... Finally it got over after the THOLLA said move your rick on the side and let the traffic go... and continue ure fight there.... Now in this whole thing...I still didnt see a single slapping from either side... so max was SAALA , GHODINA , ANDHALA , and WILL HIT U A SLAP.... Even now whenever I remember this incidence , I laugh at this whole thing , as it was more of funny than a fight....which I know very well as in Amchi Mumbai , before a fight....pehle tau ek kaan ke nicchu pe rakh ke denge... fir 4-5 mast top ki gaaliya (swearing) de denge fir usko batayenge ke uski galti kya thi... ha ha LOL... The way is not in the sky, the way is in the heart. --Gautama Buddha
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