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<table><tbody><tr><th>Part of a series on</th></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th>Writing systems used in India</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Brahmic_scripts/mwHJWt6d">Brahmic scripts</a></th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Bengali%E2%80%93Assamese_script/YV3phTFD">Bengali–Assamese script</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Devanagari/dQvQ3Ufs">Devanagari script</a></li></ul><ul><li>Gujarati script</li><li><a href="/facts/Gurmukhi/u6Nt0z14">Gurmukhi script</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Kannada_script/LUbwH0pS">Kannada script</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/facts/Malayalam_script/HDsBdkqw">Malayalam script</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Meitei_script/TNYLknDw">Meitei script</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Odia_script/05jEzRTV">Odia script</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/facts/Tamil_script/QAEV8dJ5">Tamil script</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Telugu_script/GzUHyXLb">Telugu script</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th>Arabic derived scripts</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Persian_alphabet/4DvPdTDe">Persian script</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Urdu_alphabet/SzLs2Poc">Urdu script</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th>Alphabetical scripts</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Ol_Chiki_script/5YANIu5Y">Ol Chiki script</a></li><li><a href="/facts/Latin_script/7EWeJjUV">Latin script</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th>Related</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Official_scripts_of_the_Republic_of_India/dkoQvXjR">Official scripts of the Republic of India</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/facts/Brahmic_scripts/mwHJWt6d">Writing systems of India</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/facts/Languages_of_India/6XDhJrTq">Languages of India</a></li></ul></td></tr><tr><th><ul><li> Asia portal</li></ul><ul><li> India portal</li></ul><ul><li> Language portal</li></ul><ul><li> Writing portal</li></ul></th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Gujarati script (ગુજરાતી લિપિ, transliterated: <i>Gujǎrātī Lipi</i>) is an <a href="/facts/Abugida/FWhLePru">abugida</a> for the <a href="/facts/Gujarati_language/kGKRRbwe">Gujarati language</a>, <a href="/facts/Kutchi_language/nUfqwm7f">Kutchi language</a>, and various other languages. It is one of the <a href="/facts/Official_scripts_of_the_Indian_Republic/dkoQvXjR">official scripts of the Indian Republic</a>. It is a variant of the <a href="/facts/Devanagari/dQvQ3Ufs">Devanagari</a> script differentiated by the loss of the S<i>hirorekhā</i>, the characteristic horizontal line running above the letters and by a number of modifications to some characters. </p><p>Gujarati <a href="/facts/Numerical_digit/JJdLBoGT">numerical digits</a> are also different from their Devanagari counterparts. </p>