Ghera

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A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3
ghr
Alternate Names
Bara, Sindhi Ghera
User Population

10,000 (1998).

Location

Sindh province: Hyderabad district, 1 enclave between main bus stop and railway station in Hyderabad city.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Western Hindi, Unclassified
Dialects

None known. Quite different grammatically from Gurgula [ggg]; reportedly similar to Urdu [urd]. Lexical similarity: 87% with Gurgula [ggg], 70% with Urdu [urd].

Language Use

Also use Sindhi [snd]. Also use Urdu [urd].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 20% in Sindhi [snd].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ghera
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Almost totally urbanized. Hindu.