Who the Gujars are?
Lets know a little bit about Gujars. There are different opinions about Gujars as follows.
Few people satys that the word Gujar has formed from the word Gauchar (means the person who grazes cow). However, this is completely wrong because the word Gujar has deformed from the word Gurjar not Gauchar.
The Sanskrit Dictionary Kalpdrum; says that Gur-Jar means – one who use to defend the country by continuously defeating the enemy (Gur = Enemy & Jar = Destroyer).
It has explained that Guruttar has deformed into Gurujan, and Gurujan has changed to Gurjar with time. Also explained that word Guruttar has used for Maharaja Dashrath in Ramayana of Valmiki. Moreover, same thing has stated on the various pillar inscriptions of Kushans and Gurjaratra kingdom. Most of the gotra of Gurjars belongs to Suryavansh.
Gujari – The language of ReveGujars
Gujari is the language which is spoken by ReveGujars, here are some details about Gujari.
The language Gujari is also known as – Gujeri, Gujjari, Gurjari, Gojri, Gogri, Gojari also in Kashmir and Rajasthan it is known as Gujuri.
Either Gujari is a form of Rajasthani or conversely, Rajasthani is a form of Gujari and resemblance of Gujari to Mewari is very striking. But still closer is the resemblance of Gujari to Mewati. Gujari is also similar gujrathi language.
The Gujari language is having similar to Marathi and Gujrathi accent which is spoken by ReveGujars.
GRN Language Number: #3852 Ethnologue 14th edition
Language Code: GJUISO 639-3 Code gju
Speakers worldwide: 992’315 (rank 348)