Goaria

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A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3
gig
User Population

25,400 (2000).

Location

Sindh province: widespread (except Karachi), Badin, Larkana, Moro, and Umerkot on lower Indus river valley between Hyderabad and Sukkur.

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Rajasthani, Marwari
Dialects

Maybe the same as Sadri (Gawari) [sck] in India. Lexical similarity: 75%–83% with Jogi, 76%–80% with Marwari [mve] sweeper caste, 72%–78% with Marwari (Meghwar dialect) [mve], 70%–78% with Loarki [lrk].

Language Use

All domains except religion. Used by all. Also use Hindi [hin], for worship. Also use Sindhi [snd], especially adults.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: Below 1% in Sindhi [snd].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Goaria
Writing

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].

Other Comments

Hindu.