Gujari language
variety of Rajasthani spoken by the Gujars
Gojri, also known as 'Gujari' is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Gurjars, or Gujjars of Northern Pakistan and the Republic of India. It is classified as a form or dialect of Rajasthani by the linguists.
Gujari | |
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Gojri, Gurjari | |
Native to | Afghanistan, Pakistan, India |
Region | Kashmir, southeastern Afghanistan |
Native speakers | (990,000 cited 1992–2000)[1] Census results conflate some speakers with Hindi. |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gju |
Glottolog | guja1253 |
The language is mainly spoken in the Punjab provinces of India and Pakistan and also in Jammu & Kashmir, it is most closely related to Marwari and Gujarati.
References
change- ↑ Gujari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)