The Gujarati Alphabet

Every language has a different method of writing the script.

Gujarati script is derived from Devanagari script to which it bears a
considerable resemblance. The difference consists mainly in the
omission in Gujarati of the head-line used in joining together most of the
Devanagari characters. Besides, some of the letters are written in quite a
different style. As such the Gujarati script is easier to write than any
other script.
The letters have for their limbs or parts geometrical figures like
arcs of circles, straight lines and dots combined in various ways. The
height of the letters is uniform and they can therefore be neatly written
between two parallel lines.
But vowel marks are placed either before, or after, or on top, or
below a consonant, giving the writing the appearance of a multi-storied
building. Though by themselves the vowels are written as separate
letters, they are reduced to certain signs which must be used while
combining them with consonants to determine the final sound.
The order of writing is from left to right like the Roman script. (The
Persian way of writing is from right to left, the Chinese from top to
bottom vertically.)
The letters of the alphabet are divided into two categories. The
letters which can be pronounced independently by themselves are called
vowels
. The letters which cannot be pronounced
independently by themselves are call consonants
. There
are 11 vowels and 34 consonants in the Gujarati alphabet.

Initial Vowels
When initial, i.e. when they begin a syllable, the initial vowels are depicted
on the first line and just below them are the corresponding vowel marks:

Vowels