The Speaking Tongues Podcast
Episode 132. Speaking Gujarati
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ2NdFqQlXA

#podcast #languages #multilingualism #heritage #culture #Gujarati

On every trip to Ahmedabad, I am struck by how easily the Gujarati script is moulded into to geometric forms, sometimes abstract enough to stump me and my novice reading skills. Last time around, I noticed this sign for a cycle repair shop that I loved: its compact shapes, gently curved strokes and undulating baseline.

📍 Shahpur, Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
📅 December 2018
🔗 https://indiastreetlettering.com/naveen-repairing-centre/

#IndiaStreetLettering #Ahmedabad #Gujarati #Handpainted

I don’t suppose I know anyone that speaks (reads/writes) #Gujarati? I’m learning and want to confirm that I did actually manage to figure out how to write the names of my wife and I:

Urvi -> ઊરવી
Gordon -> ગોરદન (I guess this could also be ગોડન?)
Fontenot -> ફૌનતેનો (least confident in this one)
Modh-> મોઘ

Was sick for couple of days, felt guilty for missing work on & off

My cardiology attending brought me home made treats care package.

Featuring: White Dhokla with chutney
Apple, cinnamon and nutty tart
Packaged with love and care that representation brings.
#PCCMEats
#gujarati

அமெரிக்க நாட்டுக்குள் ஊடுருவ முயன்ற குஜராத்தை சேர்ந்த 4 பேர் மரணம் 7 பேர் கைது…
https://patrikai.com/4-gujaratis-found-dead-on-us-canada-border-wider-human-smuggling/ via @patrikaidotcom@twitter.com

#US #Canada #BORDER #borderpatrol #Gujarat #Gujarati #HumanTrafficking

#TIL In its original incarnation, the code points U+0A81..U+0AD0 were a direct copy of the Gujarati characters A1-F0 from the 1988 ISCII standard. The Devanagari, Bengali, Gurmukhi, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalamblocks were similarly all based on their ISCII encodings.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarati_(Unicode_block)
Also, does #Gujarati not use the daṇḍa as punctuation mark? I couldn't find it on my SwiftKey keyboard; the character is not even on #Unicode. I even looked for some Gujarati articles online, hoping that they might be using the Devanagari danda, and they too were using the full-stop or period instead of the daṇḍa.