Social:Goaria language
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Short description: Marwari language of Sindh, Pakistan
| Goaria | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Pakistan |
| Region | Sindh |
| Ethnicity | Goaria |
Native speakers | (25,000 cited 2000)[1] |
Indo-European
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gig |
| Glottolog | goar1239[2] |
Goaria is a Marwari language of the Rajasthani branch of Indo-Aryan languages, spoken by approximately 25,000 people in Sindh Province, Pakistan.[3] The Goaria people are predominantly Hindu and use Hindi for religious worship.[3]
Classification
Goaria is classified within the Marwari subgroup of the Rajasthani languages.[4] It is one of several Rajasthani-related languages spoken by Hindu communities in Sindh, alongside Dhatki and Marwari.[5]
Status
According to Ethnologue, Goaria is a stable language with an EGIDS rating of 6a (Vigorous), meaning it is used as a first language by all generations within the ethnic community.[6] The language is not taught in schools.
See also
- Languages of Pakistan
- Hinduism in Pakistan
- Rajasthani languages
References
- ↑ Goaria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Goaria". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/goar1239.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Frawley, William (May 2003). International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Oxford University Press. p. 292. ISBN 978-0-19-513977-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=sl_dDVctycgC&pg=PA292.
- ↑ "Goaria". https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/goar1239.
- ↑ "Literary notes: How many languages are spoken in Pakistan?". Dawn. 13 March 2017. https://www.dawn.com/news/1320097.
- ↑ "Goaria". https://www.ethnologue.com/language/gig/.
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