Koli, Parkari

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A language of Pakistan

ISO 639-3
kvx
Alternate Names
Parkari
Autonym
پارڪرِي‎ (Parkari)
User Population

358,000 (2018).

Location

Sindh province: Tharparkar district, Nagar Parkar in southeast tip bordering India; lower Thar desert, to Indus river west, bordered north and west by Hyderabad, to south and west of Badin.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Gujarati
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 77%–83% with Marwari Bhil [mve], 83% with Wadiyari Koli [kxp].

Language Use

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

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%, mostly in Sindhi [snd], a few in Urdu [urd], very few in Gujarati [guj]. Taught as subject in some primary and secondary schools. NT: 1996.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Koli, Parkari
Writing

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].

Other Comments

Hindu.