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Teach Yourself Gujarati: The Complete Course (Teach Yourself Books)

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A straightforward, modern introduction to the language. Dwyer provides both romanized transcriptions and Gujarati script for the first half of the book, then relies entirely on Gujarati script for the second half. Note that the book is available both with and without accompanying cassettes.

My girlfriend and I both are using Rachel Dwyer's book to improve our Gujarati. I come from a Gujarati background and can read the script. I use the book to address all my grammar problems with gender and verb agreement. My girlfriend, who does not have a Gujarati background, uses the book as an introduction to the language and has found the English transliterations which appear next to the Gujarati script especially useful. As a comparison, Kirit N. Shah's "Learn Gujarati" is geared towards children, has a superior section on learning the script and has a nice little collection of poetry in the back. But Dwyer's book is by far the best book in print for an adult trying to learn the grammar.

For one who has learned the language at his mother's knee, I am indebted to the author for revealing rules and patterns which I was not even aware of

A garam jalebi of a book