"I'm so glad we discovered COOLPHABETS."
Learn Gujarati
Your child speaks Gujarati. Now they can learn to write it.
COOLPHABETS teaches children to read and write all 47 Gujarati letters by hand, with an on-device AI coach that checks every stroke.
Spoken at every family gathering. Written at none.
Gujarati families have settled far from Gujarat, in Britain, East Africa, North America and beyond, and the language has travelled with them. Children hear it at home, at family functions, and on calls with Ba and Dada.
Speaking it comes naturally. Reading and writing it does not. Away from Gujarat there are few classes and fewer Gujarati books, so the letters never become part of a child's day.
Many parents tell us this is the gap that worries them. A child who cannot read Gujarati misses the name painted over a family shop, the verses on a wedding card, the notes in a grandmother's recipe book. The script can go quiet within a single generation, and once it has, no one at home is left to pass it on.
Most language apps
- Teach speaking and listening
- Tap the right answer
- Made for someone starting from zero
COOLPHABETS
- Teaches reading and writing
- Write every letter by hand
- Made for children who already speak it at home
The alphabet
The Gujarati alphabet: 47 letters your child will learn
Gujarati has 13 vowels, called સ્વર (swar), and 34 consonants, called વ્યંજન (vyanjan). COOLPHABETS starts at અ and works through every one.
Vowels સ્વર 13
- અ a
- આ ā
- ઇ i
- ઈ ī
- ઉ u
- ઊ ū
- ઋ ru
- એ e
- ઐ ai
- ઓ o
- ઔ au
- અં am
- અઃ aha
Consonants વ્યંજન 34
- ક ka
- ખ kha
- ગ ga
- ઘ gha
- ઙ nga
- ચ cha
- છ chha
- જ ja
- ઝ jha
- ઞ nya
- ટ Ta
- ઠ Tha
- ડ Da
- ઢ Dha
- ણ Na
- ત ta
- થ tha
- દ da
- ધ dha
- ન na
- પ pa
- ફ pha
- બ ba
- ભ bha
- મ ma
- ય ya
- ર ra
- લ la
- વ va
- શ sha
- ષ Sha
- સ sa
- હ ha
- ળ La
A capital letter marks a sound made with the tongue curled back, as in Ta and Da. A line over a vowel means it is held longer.
The Gujarati alphabet chart All 47 letters on one A4 page. Open it to save, or print it for the fridge door.
The hard parts
What makes Gujarati hard to write
Gujarati letters are open and rounded, without the line that runs along the top of Hindi. Four things slow children down more than anything else.
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No line on top
Gujarati is a close cousin of the script used for Hindi, but it leaves out the line along the top. A child who has seen Hindi letters, on screen or at school, often adds the line out of habit. કમળ is written with no line at all.
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A whole row from every consonant
Every consonant changes shape with each vowel sign. Children learn this as the barakhadi (બારાખડી): ક કા કિ કી કુ કૂ and so on. The i sign is written before the consonant, though it is said after it.
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Look-alike pairs
Some letters differ by a single stroke. ઘ (gha) and ધ (dha) are easy to mix up, and so are પ (pa) and ષ (Sha).
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Joined letters
When two consonants meet, the first is usually written as a half letter joined to the second. These are called jodakshar (જોડાક્ષર). પપ્પા (pappa, father) has one. They appear as soon as children move from single letters to words, which is where the app brings them in.
First words
Five Gujarati words to write first
Words a Gujarati-speaking child already says at home, each one using a hard part from above.
- પપ્પા pappa father
The first પ is a half letter, joined to the second.
- ઘર ghar house
Two letters and no top line. ઘ is the one that looks like ધ.
- દૂધ doodh milk
A long ū sign under દ, then ધ.
- પાણી paani water
An ā sign after પ and a long ī sign after ણ.
- ફૂલ phool flower
A long ū sign under ફ.
How it works
One letter at a time, written by hand.
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Watch. The letter draws itself, stroke by stroke, in the right order.
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Write. Your child writes it with a finger. No tapping on answers, no typing.
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Get checked. CoolphaSense scores the strokes they actually made, on the device.
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Hear it. A native voice says the letter. Or yours, if you record it.
After the letters come words, sentences and games. See everything COOLPHABETS does.
On-device AI
How CoolphaSense checks Gujarati handwriting
Gujarati letters are open and rounded, and some pairs, like ઘ and ધ, differ by a single stroke. CoolphaSense has a model trained on Gujarati letter shapes, so it looks at the stroke that tells them apart, and does not expect the top line that Hindi letters carry.
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Instant feedback
The check runs on the phone or tablet itself, so your child sees the result as soon as the letter is finished.
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Checked on your device
Handwriting is checked right on your phone or tablet. There is no call to a central AI model.
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Works offline
On a flight or a long drive, the coach keeps working without internet.
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Tiny and patented
Each language has its own small model, built into the app. CoolphaSense is covered by multiple patents.
Questions
What Gujarati parents ask us
My child speaks Gujarati but cannot read a word. Where do we start?
At the first vowel, અ. The app goes through the vowels and then the 34 consonants, one letter at a time, before moving on to words and sentences. A child who already speaks Gujarati knows the sounds and only has to learn the shapes.
What comes after the letters?
Whole Gujarati words, then sentences. Solo games and family games keep the practice going once all 47 letters are done.
I speak Gujarati but never learned the script. Can I learn with my child?
Yes. One plan covers up to 4 people in the family. A parent starts at અ just as a child does, and you can work through the barakhadi side by side.
Can my child hear Gujarati in my voice?
Yes. Record a letter or a word in your own voice and your child hears Mummy, Pappa or Ba say it. Anything you have not recorded is spoken by a native Gujarati voice.
Does it need the internet?
No. Install it once and it works without a connection, including the handwriting check.
What does it cost?
The family plan is $99 a year. Start with a 7-day trial, no payment needed.