Gujarati Learner teaches you to read Gujarati script from zero, whether you already speak Gujarati at home or are meeting the language for the first time. Vowels, consonants, matras, the Barakhadi, words and short stories, with practice that remembers what you find hard.
Start with the vowels and consonants, one small group at a time. See how vowel signs change a letter's sound, then move on to everyday words, numbers, simple sentences and short reading passages, with Akshar the elephant as your guide.
Ten units, each lesson 5 to 8 minutes: introduction, learn, listen, practice, quiz. Eleven activity types keep the practice varied.
Every consonant with all twelve forms, laid out as a grid. Tap any cell to hear it.
Trace each letter with your finger and get gentle feedback on how much of the letter you covered.
Review sessions bring back the letters and words you are about to forget, so practice goes where it is needed.
Characters and words learned, streaks, a daily goal and achievements, all on one screen.
Works fully offline. No account, no ads, no tracking. Clear English explanations, with the interface also available in Gujarati.
The Learn tab lays out your path unit by unit: Meet Gujarati first, then Swar, the vowels, then the consonants and on to words and passages. Each lesson takes 5 to 8 minutes and moves through introduction, learn, listen, practice and quiz. Later units unlock as you complete the earlier ones.
"Barakhadi" comes from "bār", twelve. Every consonant has twelve forms: its built-in "a" plus eleven vowel signs. The grid shows each row with its sound written underneath, ka, kā, ki, kī, so you learn the pattern once and can read every row.
Read short passages sentence by sentence. Every word plays its sound and shows its meaning, and each passage ends with a few questions. Level 1 starts with four-sentence stories such as "My home" and "The cat and the mat", and the levels build from there.
The first screen asks who is learning. Choose a child and the same lessons open in a simpler mode: three big buttons for Learn, Play and Stories, activities led by sound, and stars instead of scores. Settings and the switch to the full app sit behind a grown-ups question.
Free. No account, no ads, no tracking. Works fully offline on iPhone and iPad, in portrait and landscape, with VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, Reduce Motion and Increase Contrast supported.
Coming soon to the App StorePronunciation audio is currently a clearly labelled synthesized approximation while recordings by Gujarati speakers are being prepared.