Statistics about Gujarati Speakers
- Official Language in the Indian states of Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu.
- It is recognized as a minority language in the states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu, as well as the Union Territory of Delhi.
- Globally, Gujarati is spoken by about one-third of the Indian diaspora.
- Gujarati speakers can be found in 129 of the 190 countries listed as sovereign by the United Nations.
- ~70M people speak Gujarati worldwide
- ~65M as a first language
- ~5M as a secondary language
- ~61M people speak Gujarati in India, ~5% of Indian population (6th-most spoken language)
- ~56M as a first language
- ~5M as a secondary language
Gujarati is the #1 language in: Dadra and Nagar Haveli , Daman and Diu and Gujarat.
It is not a primary or secondary language in any other Indian state or territory.
Gujarati Diaspora
Although not as a primary language, Gujarati is spoken in other nations:
- India (61M speakers, 5% of the population)
- Pakistan (5M, <1%)
- United States (1M, <1%)
- UK (0.6M, <1%)
- Tanzania (500,000, 8.4%)
- New Zealand (25K, <1%)
- Canada (350K, <1%)
- Kenya (285K, <1%)
- Australia (50K, <1%)
- Zambia (44K, <1%)
- Bahrain (35K, <1%)
- Oman (50K, <1%)
- South Africa (32K, <1%)
- Portugal (30K, <1%)
Lutheran Study Bible Translation Project: Gujarati Status
We need your help to finish this language. As you’ll see in the table at bottom of this page, all 66 books of the Bible have projected costs associated with them – this is the cost of completing the exhaustive 12-step process. Obviously, we’ve got a long way to go, but we are absolutely committed to finishing Gujarati and the 14 other languages. Naturally, the timing is based on availability of resources and funding – but these will get done! Can you help us get there sooner?
See the Translation for Yourself
As it becomes available, we will provide an example of a page of The Lutheran Study Bible in English as well as the Gujarati translation. We want to show you the power of the teaching provided by The Lutheran Study Bible and how the true translation looks and reads in Gujarati.
Gujarati Progress Report
The table below shows the 66 books of the Lutheran Study Bible, as well as the approximate cost to complete each book’s 12-step translation process.
Note that we update our Gujarati progress in this table quarterly.
BOOK
COST
BOOK
COST
BOOK
COST
Genesis
$1306
Exodus
$1,062
Leviticus
$728
Numbers
$943
Deuteronomy
$924
Joshua
$639
Judges
$639
Ruth
$138
1 Samuel
$854
2 Samuel
$590
1 Kings
$805
2 Kings
$746
1 Chronicles
$627
2 Chronicles
$757
Ezra
$293
Nehemiah
$334
Esther
$234
Job
$913
Psalms
$2,360
Proverbs
$805
Ecclesiastes
$264
Song of Songs
$186
Isaiah
$1,789
Jeremiah
$1,414
Lamentations
$167
Ezekiel
$1,318
Daniel
$520
Hosea
$305
Joel
$138
Amos
$264
Obadiah
$78
Jonah
$108
Micah
$197
Nahum
$97
Habakkuk
$108
Zephaniah
$108
Haggai
$78
Zechariah
$305
Malachi
$126
Matthew
$1,229
Mark
$728
Luke
$1,110
John
$824
Acts
$1,080
Romans
$687
1 Corinthians
$531
2 Corinthians
$323
Galatians
$215
Ephesians
$234
Philippians
$167
Colossians
$156
1 Thessalonians
$138
2 Thessalonians
$108
1 Timothy
$197
2 Timothy
$126
Titus
$108
Philemon
$78
Hebrews
$472
James
$245
1 Peter
$197
2 Peter
$156
1 John
$215
2 John
$37
3 John
$37
Jude
$97
Revelation
$746
You can see that we still need your assistance. Can you help us continue our progress with a donation? We appreciate you!